Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences

Promoting research and study of Physical Sciences in Nigeria and provide effective programs in its support.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? 💻📡

Error-correcting codes add carefully structured extra information so digital systems can detect, and sometimes recover from, errors caused by noise, distance, or storage faults.

From Wi-Fi and QR codes to mobile networks, satellites, and storage drives, this quiet layer of protection helps keep our digital world dependable.

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞.

#NSPS #ComputerScience #DigitalCommunication #ErrorCorrection #ScienceEducation

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Why can two people open the same social media app and see completely different feeds?📱

Recommendation systems use your interactions, interests, and behaviour to decide what to show you next.

Watch the video to see how algorithms shape the content you experience online.

#ComputerScience #Algorithms #RecommenderSystems #ArtificialIntelligence #NSPS

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Ever wondered how your phone seems to know what you’re about to type? ⌨️

Autocomplete is making a prediction, ranking possible next words using patterns, context, and probability.

Watch the video to see how a few typed words can trigger surprisingly smart predictions.

#ComputerScience #Autocomplete #LanguageModels #ArtificialIntelligence #NSPS

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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞!

When you send an image online, it can be broken into tiny data packets that travel through different network routes before being correctly reassembled at the destination, often in a fraction of a second.

𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.
𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

#NSPS #ScienceFunFact #ComputerScience #Internet #Technology

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You write code in a language humans can read, but your processor does not understand it that way. 💻

Compilers bridge that gap by analysing, transforming, optimising, and translating source code into machine instructions.

Watch the video to see what really happens between the code you write and the instructions your computer executes.

#ComputerScience #Programming #Compilers #Algorithms #TuringAward #NSPS

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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥��𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 💻🔬

From astronomy and climate science to physics, genomics, and large-scale surveys, computational tools help researchers analyse more data, run simulations, automate tasks, and uncover patterns that would otherwise be difficult to see.

𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.

#NSPS #ComputerScience #ScientificComputing #DataScience #Research #ScienceEducation

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𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲

Prof. Richard Feynman was born on 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖, in New York City and became one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the 20th century. He studied at MIT and Princeton, later working at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project and eventually joining Caltech, where he became a legendary teacher.
His work helped reshape quantum electrodynamics, and in 1965 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
He also worked closely with scientists such as John Wheeler, Hans Bethe and Murray Gell-Mann.
But Feynman was not only about equations and laboratories.
He loved art, puzzles, adventure and playing the bongo drums.

He died on 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖, at the age of 69, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in physics, teaching and scientific curiosity.
One of his most famous sayings was: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”

Feynman remains a reminder that great science often begins with curiosity, imagination and the courage to ask, “Why?”

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𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑��𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

Researchers have experimentally demonstrated that exotic quantum objects known as non-Abelian anyons can perform the full set of operations needed for universal quantum computing.

Using 54 qubits on Quantinuum’s H2 trapped-ion processor, scientists created these unusual collective quantum states and manipulated them through two operations known as braiding and fusion.

The combination allowed the researchers to demonstrate a universal set of quantum operations, meaning, in principle, the system can perform any quantum computation.

The result is particularly significant because non-Abelian anyons may also offer a route toward fault-tolerant quantum computing that avoids some of the most resource-intensive methods currently proposed for quantum error correction.

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𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐈𝐓’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭-𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

MIT engineers have given a tiny flying robot a major boost in agility using artificial intelligence, allowing the insect-sized machine to fly about 450% faster than earlier versions and perform rapid aerial manoeuvres once considered difficult for microrobots.

The lightweight robot can execute sharp turns, aggressive accelerations and repeated flips, including 10 consecutive somersaults in just 11 seconds.

Researchers achieved the improvement by combining advanced flight modelling with deep learning, creating a controller capable of making fast decisions without requiring the enormous computational resources normally associated with complex robotic manoeuvres.

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𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄’𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

Gravity is one of the most important forces in the universe. It keeps planets in orbit around stars, holds galaxies together, and governs the movement of objects across space. Without gravity, the universe would be a very different place, with stars, planets, and galaxies unable to form and remain organized as we know them. Although gravity is familiar to us on Earth, its deeper nature remains one of the greatest mysteries in modern physics.

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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 🔬🌍
From code and probability to molecules, moving continents, and distant stars, this week with NSPS was all about curiosity, discovery, and connection across science.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤?

#NSPS #WeeklyScienceRecap #ScienceEducation #STEM #PhysicalSciences

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��𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (NSPS) exists to build and strengthen a vibrant scientific community where researchers, academics, students and professionals can grow, connect and contribute meaningfully to scientific advancement.

NSPS supports 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 by encouraging quality research, promoting the exchange of ideas and creating opportunities for scientists across different areas of the physical sciences to learn from one another.

Through its journals and other scholarly platforms, NSPS promotes 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, helping researchers share their findings, contribute to scientific knowledge and make their work accessible to wider academic and professional communities.

NSPS also contributes to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 by creating avenues for learning, mentorship, recognition, networking and participation in scientific activities. These opportunities can help researchers and emerging scientists develop their skills, expand their professional networks and become more active within the scientific community.

Another important purpose of NSPS is to encourage 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Modern scientific challenges often require knowledge from more than one discipline. By bringing together people from Physics & Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science, Earth Sciences and related fields, NSPS helps create connections that can lead to new ideas, partnerships and interdisciplinary research.

Ultimately, NSPS exists to create an environment where science can thrive through 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (NSPS) exists to build and strengthen a vibrant scientific community where researchers, academics, students and professionals can grow, connect and contribute meaningfully to scientific advancement.

NSPS supports 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 by encouraging quality research, promoting the exchange of ideas and creating opportunities for scientists across different areas of the physical sciences to learn from one another.

Through its journals and other scholarly platforms, NSPS promotes 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, helping researchers share their findings, contribute to scientific knowledge and make their work accessible to wider academic and professional communities.

NSPS also contributes to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 by creating avenues for learning, mentorship, recognition, networking and participation in scientific activities. These opportunities can help researchers and emerging scientists develop their skills, expand their professional networks and become more active within the scientific community.

Another important purpose of NSPS is to encourage 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Modern scientific challenges often require knowledge from more than one discipline. By bringing together people from Physics & Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science, Earth Sciences and related fields, NSPS helps create connections that can lead to new ideas, partnerships and interdisciplinary research.

Ultimately, NSPS exists to create an environment where science can thrive through 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.

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What if yesterday’s batteries and electronics became tomorrow’s source of critical metals? 🔋♻️

Through urban mining, chemistry can recover valuable materials like lithium, cobalt, nickel, platinum, and palladium from waste.

Watch the video to see how discarded technology can become a new resource.

#Chemistry #UrbanMining #BatteryRecycling #CriticalMaterials #NSPS

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📱🧭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝!

Many smartphones contain a tiny sensor called a 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, which detects Earth’s magnetic field and helps the phone determine direction like a digital compass.

So when your phone points north, it is quietly using an invisible force that surrounds the entire planet. 🌍✨

#NSPS #ScienceFunFact #Physics #EarthScience #Technology

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How can headphones make noise disappear by creating more sound? 🎧🔊

The answer lies in destructive interference and smart signal processing.

Watch the video to see how noise-cancelling headphones fight sound with sound.

#Physics #SoundWaves #NoiseCancellation #ScienceExplained #NSPS

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? 🔍

Good science goes beyond accepting results at face value. It asks how the study was conducted, whether the data are strong enough, whether the findings can be independently checked, and whether other possible explanations have been considered. At NSPS, we encourage a research culture built on evidence, critical thinking, transparency, and careful questioning.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

#NSPS #ResearchCulture #ScientificThinking #EvidenceBasedScience