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  Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment - Backstage Science - Duration: 4 minutes, 6 seconds.

  • 4 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 - Duration: 5 minutes, 33 seconds.

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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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  Feather in Vacuum - Backstage Science - Duration: 4 minutes, 52 seconds.

  • 2 years 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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  The World's Most Important Beer Cooler - Duration: 5 minutes, 50 seconds.

  • 2 years 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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  Super Intense Laser - Backstage Science - Duration: 5 minutes, 39 seconds.

  • 4 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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  Hydrogen Storage - Backstage Science - Duration: 9 minutes, 5 seconds.

  • 2 years ago
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  A team from the University of Bath use the neutrons at ISIS to make a breakthrough.
  
  Special thanks to Valeska Ting and Tim Mays.
  
  Extra interview footage with Tim at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...