The debut edition of The Perse School's student physics newsletter covers China's "Artificial Sun" tokamak reactor, which has overcome a major hurdle in nuclear fusion by sustaining stable, high-density plasma. Student articles explore the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics for free will and determinism, the physics behind how CPUs actually work at the transistor level, and a data-driven investigation into whether launch angle affects driving distance in golf.
A feature on quark-gluon plasma examines how particle accelerators like the LHC recreate conditions from the first microsecond after the Big Bang. Also included: a home experiment, a physics crossword, and upcoming school events.
