• Question: what is the speed of light

    Asked by #Batman to Bernard on 10 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Bernard Ennis

      Bernard Ennis answered on 10 Nov 2015:


      The speed of light is around 300,000 km per hour. The line on my status comes from a Queen song called ‘Don’t stop me now’ and is also a reference to my work at the synchrotron where we use high powered light to investigate how materials behave under loading.

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