Colour science with lasers, gummy bears, and rainbows
Shine a light on the science of colour: create and combine rainbows and explore how colours arise through reflection, absorption, and transmission.
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Shine a light on the science of colour: create and combine rainbows and explore how colours arise through reflection, absorption, and transmission.
This is the story of how scientists created an image of the region around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy by combining many telescopes into one virtual telescope the size of the Earth.
Have you ever seen a blue cow? A blue apple? Or a blue tree? Blue is rare in nature, so why are some plants and animals blue?
Seeing science in a new light: build your own stroboscope and use it to create beautiful optical illusions with water!
What would the world look like if we could see infrared light? With some simple modifications, you can turn a cheap webcam into an infrared camera and find out!
How do physicists study very small objects (like molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles) and very large objects (such as galaxies) that cannot be directly observed or measured?
School children in India built their own digital microscope, bent light and investigated gas laws. Find out how.
More than 10 years ago, a very clever and inventive inhabitant from a favela discovered he could produce light without electricity. Now solar bulbs are spreading all over the world.
Physicist Adrian Mancuso works at the cutting edge of 3D imaging, at what will be Europe’s newest and brightest X-ray facility.
Glowing jellyfish, flickering fireflies, fun glow sticks; Emma Welsh introduces the beautiful and mysterious world of chemiluminescence.
Colour science with lasers, gummy bears, and rainbows
How global teamwork revealed the mystery at the heart of our galaxy
Colour in nature: true blue
‘Defying’ gravity with a simple stroboscope
Infrared webcam hack – using infrared light to observe the world in a new way
Exploring the universe: from very small to very large
Doing is understanding: science fun in India
Light refraction in primary education: the solar bottle bulb
High-powered research: physicist Adrian Mancuso
What is chemiluminescence?