Physical Natural Sciences – 2014 (Cambridge, Birmingham, UCL)

However varied the scientific subject matter I study, links to other areas often appear. I find it intriguing how concepts which initially seem unrelated can be described by the same ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2015 (Cambridge, Birmingham, UCL)

However varied the scientific subject matter I study, links to other areas often appear. I find it intriguing how concepts which initially seem unrelated can be described by the same ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2013 (Cambridge, Imperial College, Durham, Edinburgh)

Perhaps oddly, it was a surprisingly successful project in engineering that ulti-mately inspired me to study physical sciences. A colleague and I built a portable net-worked meteorological station, winning a ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2013 (Cambridge, UCL, Durham, Birmingham, Lancaster)

Science seeks to explain the world around us, from why water expands when it freezes to the inner workings of the human brain. I always want to understand how and ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2013 (Cambridge, Imperial College, Durham, UCL, Manchester)

I have always been struck by the notion that "Science is a field that grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers"(John Bardeen) and it is this that drives my desire to ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2013 (Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, Durham, King's College)

It is the marriage of physics and chemistry on the atomic scale that particularly interests me. The interdisciplinary nature of the physical sciences and mathematics on this level enlightens the ...

Physical Natural Sciences – 2013 (Cambridge, Imperial College, Durham, UCL, Warwick)

I sat the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge this summer, and was awarded a Roentgenium and invited to the Chemistry Camp at St Catharine's. We were taught by Dr Peter Wothers, whose ...