Physicist Alan Costley tracks the technologies being used to develop fusion reactors, and explores which might win the global race for clean power. Nuclear fusion is the primary source of energy in ...

As an engineer on The Shard, an iconic London landmark, Roma Agrawal knows that steel and concrete are master materials for big pieces of a structure. But what happens when you throw all sense out the ...

At some point in our lives, we’ll all need medicine. But have you ever thought about where our modern medicine comes from? In this talk, we’ll take a whistle-stop tour through a history that’s as old ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Steve McNeil (WiFi Wars) is in the strange situation of not believing in ghosts, but having seen one, twice. Earlier this year, he learned of the Ri’s strange historical ...

Get ready for a spine-tingling day of spooky science at the Royal Institution as we haunt the building and fill it full of frightful fun. This Halloween themed Family Fun Day invites curious minds to ...

When mentioned in passing, quantum theory can seem mystifying, with talk of uncertainty, being in two places at once and teleportation. However, it is a theory that arose from a need to explain ...

Particle physics is the study of nature at the highest energies and shortest distances that we can probe in a laboratory, an ambitious attempt to construct a fundamental picture of what the universe ...

Ri favourite Andrew Szydlo brings another spectacular show, celebrating the scientists who laid the foundations of modern chemistry. Witness stunning experiments from the work of several European ...

Artificial intelligence is often imagined as something vast, huge data centres and powerful systems hidden in the cloud. But another future of AI is already taking shape: smaller, closer to us and ...

It feels like there's no such thing as a normal year anymore; it's either too wet or too dry, and we seem to go from drought to floods and back again within the space of a few months, which we call ...

Parastoo Hashemi explores the chemistry of our brains, and asks whether we might be able to create a simple chemical test to diagnose mental health problems. As our physical health has steadily ...

What could replace silicon in the quantum age? Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker explores the remarkable materials powering tomorrow's computers. Computers were once the size of large rooms. This ...