The second exhibit will be a “Cavitator”!
The word comes from “cavitation”: the formation of bubbles in a liquid when there is a sudden change of pressure. Just like when you open a coke can and all the foam comes out….or when the waves hit the beach. I promise to tell you more about this…
Where are they now? #1
Our Foreign Secretary and Vice-president Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS, exhibited at the Summer Science Exhibition in 2002
His exhibit was called ’Putting the fizz in chemistry’ – and it was about green chemistry.
You can watch videos of Martyn explaining each of the elements in the periodic table on his website: The periodic table of videos
We’ve just added a few videos for the Quantum of spin exhibit, here’s one of them showing several members of the team talk about what science they first did.
You can see our other exhibition videos here on Youtube
The rest of the exhibition website can be found at royalsociety.org/sciencelive
Watch Professor Rolf Weik FRS from the Babraham Institute talk about his work as the Head of the Epigenetics Programme and exhibitor for the Epigenetics exposed exhibit.
You can see our other exhibition videos here on Youtube
The rest of the exhibition website can be found at royalsociety.org/sciencelive
Did you know? #2
Here’s another poster - from the 1864 Conversazione (as the Summer Science Exhibition was then known).
One of the exhibits was presented by James Clerk Maxwell FRS.The following year he published his four famous equations which united electricity, magnetism and optics into a consistent theory.
Which of this year’s exhibitors will be that famous 150 years from now?
A mosquito pic fresh from the designers…. will the whole design get completed in time to be printed for our trial run of the exhibition- taking into account the bank holiday weekend?
….to be continued *insert dramatic music*
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THE OFFICIAL TRAILER OF OUR EXHIBIT!
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Here’s a video of Dr Phil Manning, Head of the Paleontology Research Group at the University of Manchester and lead exhibitor for the Chemical ghosts exhibit talking about his love of fossils and dinosaurs!
You can see our other exhibition videos here www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7AB285E3994232C6
The rest of the exhibition website can be found here www.royalsociety.org/sciencelive
Scientist discovers key ingredients for enhanced productivity at work.*
(*Results are based on a sample of n = 1 and should be treated with the utmost caution. However, try doing science while drinking hot tea out of a science-themed Moomin mug and I’ll be amazed if you don’t feel like Queen of the World.)
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This video shows sixth form students from Simon Langton School for Boys discuss the LUCID project that is part of the Cosmic 100 exhibit.
You can see our other exhibition videos here www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7AB285E3994232C6
The rest of the exhibition website can be found here www.royalsociety.org/sciencelive
The energetic processes of star formation create not only the colors but...
The components for the dice are arriving
Nice YouTube video on Schroedinger’s Cat - a famous quantum paradox.
We love openers- Communication training notes
We are less than 2 months before the start of the summer science exhibition and...
The Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition showcases the most exciting cutting-edge UK science & technology.
3 - 8 July 2012 in London.
royalsociety.org/science-live
