Ryan Vella is in his final year of his Physics and Mathematics degree at the University of Malta. His first experience in communicating his love for science was at a yearly local event called Science in the City (Malta) in 2016. Ryan is also passionate of stargazing, astrophotography, travelling and exploring Maltese flora.
Discover the science behind a famous magic trick: lying on a bed of nails! Is it a trick after all?
Exerting a change in pressure in a metal can by creating a vacuum inside, resulting in an implosion caused by the atmospheric pressure.
DIY capacitor able to produce miniature lightning bolts with voltage in the thousand-volt range.
Build an actual, working battery, using simple materials commonly found at home.
Analyse the behaviour of fire tornados which occur naturally in forest fires by building your own fire vortex. Be amazed by this physics phenomenon!
Discover the physics of fluids by using air to levitate a ping pong ball in midair.
Demonstrating gyroscopic precession using a spinning wheel.
Freeze water instantly by sharply knocking a bottle of supercooled liquid water. It may look like magic, but there's some pretty cool science behind it.
Understand the fascinating science of refractive indices by making glass disappear in a transparent liquid. This easy experiment will leave you speechless.
What are electromagnets and why do we use them? Discover the physics of electromagnetism by turning a nail into a magnet using simple, household materials.