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  Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment - Backstage Science

  • 3 years ago
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  Ernest Rutherford's famous gold foil experiment involves the scattering of alpha particles as they pass through a thin gold foil.
  
  It led to a better understanding of the structure of atoms.
  
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  Electron Gun - Backstage Science

  • 3 years ago
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  We take a close look a how electron guns work with accelerator physicist Lee Jones, from the STFC Daresbury Laboratory.

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  The World's Most Important Beer Cooler

  • 1 year ago
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  Hidden away in a lab near Oxford is a beer cooler which plays an important role in weather forecasting and measuring climate change. The modified cooler is used to calibrate sea surface temperature...
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  Feather in Vacuum - Backstage Science

  • 1 year ago
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  Dropping a feather and metal balls in a vacuum chamber to see what gravity is really all about... The astronaut David Scott performed a similar experiment on the Moon with a hammer and feather.
  
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  Super Intense Laser - Backstage Science

  • 3 years ago
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  The Vulcan Laser is one of the most intense in the world. Researcher Ceri Brenner uses it to create plasmas.
  
  It is a so-called Petawatt Laser and based at the STFC's Central Laser Facility.
  
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  Particle Accelerators - Backstage Science

  • 3 years ago
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  ALICE and EMMA are prototype particle accelerators at the Daresbury Laboratory, run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
  
  Peter Williams showed us around during a daily shut d...