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Cosmic Background Radiation
A uniform background radiation in the microwave region of the spectrum is observed in all directions in the sky. It shows the wavelength dependence of a "black body" radiator at about 3 Kelvins ...
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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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Special report - the Large Hadron Collider
New Scientist's guide to the LHC, with all the background as well as the latest news stories.
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Hovercraft Science
Some background information on hovercrafts and their design.
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Cosmic Microwave Background
Detailed information on this topic and why it is important.
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All Charged up
A three page pdf document, including the background to the electroscope and static electricity
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Sau Lan Wu
This site lists brief details of this female physicist's background and her contributions to her field.
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Cosmic Microwave Background radiation
A page describing this topic and why it is so interesting.
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Katharine Way
This site lists brief details of this female physicist's background and her contributions to her field.
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Xide Xie (Hsi-teh Hsieh)
This site lists brief details of this female physicist's background and her contributions to her field.
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