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6 Things you may not know about the afterglow of the big bang
Nobel-prize winning accidents
Could your phone harm your health?
The Herschel Space Observatory
All about... Quantum Computing
What is radioactivity?
All about... the Venus transit
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Molecular gastronomy comes home
All about... the International Space Station
How do no-fly zones work?
What is antimatter?
Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
The Radioactive Orchestra
Alarms and Sirens
Wanted: Your computer's spare time
Exploding water
In this video mythbusters find out how likely it is that you could superheat water in your own microwave.
CCMR - Ask a Scientist
Scientists from Cornell University answer questions on everything from why you can't put metal in a microwave to why gravity is called gravity.
Radar, Police
RADAR speed detectors bounce microwave radiation off of moving vehicles and detect the reflected waves.
Imagine the Universe
News about the latest discoveries using satellites launched by NASA e.g. The Microwave Anisotropy Probe and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. This is all very up-to-date information on space-based ...
Cecil F. Powell
Cecil F. Powell (1903 - 1969) developed photographic emulsions of increased sensitivity, to experiments on cosmic radiation. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1950.
Einstein's Legacy Applets
Applets demonstrating X-rays, CAT scans, Microwave ovens, LASERs, TV screens and Laptop screens all from the physics 2000 website
Cepheid Variables as Cosmic Yardsticks
Cepheid Variables stars can tell astronomers how far away galaxies are.
The ABC of Nuclear Science
A well presented and comprehensive introduction to nuclear science. Nuclear structure, Antimatter, decay, Cosmic rays, etc. Excellent graphics
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr (1913 - ) research has been on the following subjects: theory of the interactions of neutrons and matter, field theories of nuclear structure, fluctuations in cosmic ray ...
Carl David Anderson
Carl David Anderson (1905 - 1991) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1936 along with Victor Franz Hess for their work on cosmic radiation and positrons.