Upcoming Meeting:
Date and Time: April 5th, 2023, 15:15-16:00
Place: Mega + zoom
Fika: Yes, even a little extra this time (provided to those in Mega)!

We will talk about A hitchhiker’s guide to the cosmos with Aliki Litsa, PhD student in the CoPS group and co-organiser of News and Views!

2019 Nobel laureate Jim Peebles helped to establish the current standard model of cosmology, which describes the evolution of the Universe from the big bang (left) to the growth of galaxies (right). Picture and caption text taken from here )

More details on the upcoming activity :
Cosmology is one of the most fascinating fields of modern science. In many ways, it is the reason humans started to study science in the first place, to find their position in the vast Universe. In this informal talk Aliki Litsa, PhD student at the Cosmology, Particle astrophysics and Strings (CoPS) group at Fysikum, as well as co-organiser of News and Views, will give a broad overview of the field, aimed specifically for Bachelors and Masters students. She will talk about what we believe took place between the Big Bang and today, but also all the problems that Cosmological models are faced with today. How many periods of accelerated expansion are actually present in the Universe’s history? Is dark energy going to leave us lonely in a sparse Universe with nothing to observe? These are some of the questions that we will talk about in the next News and Views! Don't miss this golden opportunity to find out everything you need to know about Cosmology (but were afraid to ask)!

About News and Views :
Research in physics spans a wide range of topics from very tiny constituents of the universe like atoms, to big complex structures like galaxies. Each field of research has its own concepts, tools, and methods. We will leverage our knowledge from classrooms and textbooks to read “news and views” on highlighted research projects at the cutting edge of research. We will choose an article to discuss from an easily accessible source, keeping in mind the diversity of theoretical, experimental and numerical work that is a part of physics research work nowadays. In discussing these articles, we will try to discuss the big picture, rather than technical details. The format will be very informal and open-ended discussions are welcome! We hope these meetings will help all of us to broaden our view of physics, to find out what we are interested in and motivate us to do some research ourselves!

Schedule :

This term (Spring 2023), we are planning to continue having two sessions a month. As we have been doing recently, we will have presentations on new and exciting research topics that we work on here at Stockholm University and Nordita. All sessions will be hybrid in Mega (or another available room in Albanova) + Zoom !

Earlier Meetings:

2023-03-22 We talked about Knowns and Unknowns of the Quantum-Gravity interface with Magdalena Zych from Fysikum.
2023-03-01 We talked about the Unruh effect with Robert Jonsson from Nordita.
2023-02-08 We talked about Shedding light on water: More than just one liquid? with Sharon Berkowicz from the Chemical Physics group at Fysikum.
2022-11-30 We talked about Gamma Ray bursts with Nikhil Sarin from Nordita.
2022-11-16 We continued talking about the peculiarities of Quantum Physics, in particular The measurement problem in Quantum physics with Jonas Larson from Komko, Fysikum. Here is also an article by Bell on the issue.
2022-11-02 We continued talking about the Noble prize in Physics 2022 , this time with Elisabet Edvardsson from Komko, Fysikum. Here is also a pedagogic and interactive introduction to Bell's theorem .
2022-10-12 We talked about Noble prize in Physics 2022 with Sofia Qvarfort from Nordita.
2022-09-28 We talked about Gravitational lensing with Edvard Mörtsell from CoPS, Fysikum.
2022-09-07 We talked about Newton's Critique of the Law of Universal Gravity with Hans v. Zur‑Mühlen from Nordita. For those who missed this, or are interested in a second look, here are

Hans' slides

2022-06-15 We talked about Ubiquitous but mysterious ocean waves with Anthony Bonfils, News and Views (ex) co-organiser!
2022-06-01 We discussed Sagittarius A* the super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy with Jonas Enander . More information is also available in this (swedish) blog .
2022-05-11 We talked about Quantum Field theory boosts brain model with Arvind Kumar (KTH) and Dhrubaditya Mitra (Nordita).
2022-04-20 We talked about Decoding the laws of nature using the universe as a laboratory with David Marsh.
2022-04-06 We talked about Computer graphics: the physics that goes into it and the physics we get out of it with Axel Gagge. Here is one more reference for those interested!
2022-03-23 We discussed a mathematical problem with no classical solution which however turns out to be solvable using quantum rules, providing a quantum solution to an old (sudoku-like) puzzle!
2022-03-09 We discussed the multi-messenger gravitational-wave era and how the neutron star collision event of 2017 has been unlocking cosmic mysteries with Mattia Bulla. For those who missed our last session. here are also the Slides from Mattia's talk.
2022-02-23 We discussed how physicists model complex phenomenon such as patterns on Lizard scales !
2022-02-02 We discussed nanoscale Kirigami and how Graphene gets bent with Habib Rostami. Here are also the Slides from Habib's talk for those of you who missed it.
2021-12-08 We continued discussing The 2021 Nobel prize and the work of Giorgio Parisi with Supriya Krishnamurthy.
2021-11-17 We discussed The 2021 Nobel prize and the work of Syukoru Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann with Anthony Bonfils. Here are also Anthony's slides from his presentation.
2021-11-03 We discussed The quest for Quantum Materials with Matthias Geilhufe .
2021-10-20 We discussed An introduction to the VASCO project with Beatriz Villarroel. See also this YouTube clip for an explanation of this project.
2021-10-06 We discussed Surface tension scars soft solids
2021-09-22 We discussed Quantum Solution to the classical drag puzzle with Dhrubaditya Mitra.
2021-06-09 We discussed Dark Matter with Tim Linden. Here are also an informative set of Podcasts on this and other subjects,
2021-05-26 We discussed Laser cooling of antimatter with Svante Jonsell.
2021-05-05 We discussed Mixing indistiguishable systems leads to a Quantum Gibbs paradox .
2021-04-21 We discussed Recent investigations of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave background with Jon Gudmundsson.
2021-03-31 We discussed The mass of the Higgs boson and other puzzles in particle physics with Sara Strandberg.
2021-03-10 We discussed A superconducting qubit that protects itself .
2021-02-24 We discussed "Between disorder and order: Towards a reliable prediction of climate variability with Woosok Moon. More information on this blog run by climate scientist Isaac Held.
2021-02-10 We discussed Charge transport in a Bose-Einstein condensate
2021-01-27 We discussed Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning in Physics and other applications with Jens Jasche. An article on how Physicists can help with understanding Machine learning can be found here !
2020-12-16 We discussed The sounds of levitating water droplets .
2020-11-25 We discussed Deformable circuits and Biorobots .
2020-11-11 We discussed Nanoscale Warming and Cooling .
2020-10-28 We discussed the work of the 2020 Nobel Laureates Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez with Magnus Axelsson.
2020-10-14 We discussed the work of the 2020 Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose with Fawad Hassan.
2020-09-23 We discussed Harvesting energy from falling water droplets.
2020-02-18 We discussed Heat transferred in a previously unknown way .
2020-02-04 We discussed a "Functional” Cure for HIV .
2019-12-10 We discussed AI Copernicus.
2019-11-12 We discussed a quantum time machine.
2019-10-29 We discussed Quantum Computers.
2019-10-15 We discussed the 2019 physics Nobel prize with Ariel Goobar.
2019-10-01 We discussed A tiny swimmer generates rapid, far-reaching signals in water.
2019-02-20 We discussed From simple liquids to colloids and soft matter.
2019-02-13 We discussed A Theory to Tackle Supercooling.
2019-02-06 We discussed Hawking radiation from optical analogue of a black hole.
2019-01-30 We discussed Quantum corral herds surface electrons into a fractal lattice.
2018-12-12 We discussed The Plot Thickens for a Fourth Neutrino.
2018-11-28 We will discuss Leidenfrost drops are on a roll.
2018-11-21 We discussed Counting the Quanta of Sound.
2018-11-14 We discussed 2017 Physics Nobel Prize: The LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
2018-11-07 We discussed 2018 Physics Nobel Prize: Tools made of light.
2018-10-31 Exams! No meeting unfortunately!
2018-10-24 We discussed Ants know the secret to avoiding traffic jams.
  which was written based on the research article Collective clog control.