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How do 'invisibility cloaks' work?
The Herschel Space Observatory
The Radioactive Orchestra
What is radioactivity?
Why is there more matter than antimatter?
6 Things you may not know about the afterglow of the big bang
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Particle accelerators to the rescue
All about Graphene
Nobel-prize winning accidents
Alien spotting comes down to Earth
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COBE Satellite
NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite was launched to explore the cosmic microwave background radiation. It has discovered fluctuations in that radiation which are important to big bang ...
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How Nuclear Medicine Works
A brief description of how Nuclear Medicine works. The pages address broad areas of medical use of radiation: PET, MRI scanners, SPECT, cardiovascular and bone scanning, treatment, radiation therapy.
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Heat transfer - convection, cooling and radiation
A revision guide for heat transfer covering convection, cooling and radiation suitable for children 14-16
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What is ionising radiation? Alpha, beta and gamma
Revision website about ionising radiation and the properties of alpha, beta and gamma
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Interaction of radiation with matter
Different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum have very different effects on different things.
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Cosmic Microwave Background radiation
A page describing this topic and why it is so interesting.
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Gamma-Rays
Information on the electromagnetic radiation from the nucleus as a part of a radioactive process.
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Black Body Radiation
A clear explanation with the associated graphs and an introduction to the relevant laws.
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