Posts Tagged ‘university of bristol’
Small science is big in South West
Over 1000 students across Devon and Cornwall heard about the big impact of small science last week, in a special talk entitled ‘Small Science, Big Ideas’. Dr Annela Seddon, a young researcher and lecturer from the University of Bristol‘s School of Physics, introduced the topics of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and spoke about her own cutting-edge research. Dr [...]
Science goes to the Circus
During National Science & Engineering Week science and art merged at the Experience Changing Perspectives event as physics buskers filled the Circomedia Building in Portland Square, Bristol on 18th and 19th March 2011. Between aerial displays of human anatomy, 11 undergraduate and postgraduate volunteers from the University of Bristol School of Physics, Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials and [...]
Small Science on Small Islands…
Last week over 1000 school students on the Channel Islands were taken on an ‘Adventure in Nanoscience’. Dr Annela Seddon (left) from the University of Bristol, showed how scientists can study control and matter on an ultra-small scale. She described some of her own cutting-edge nanotechnology research and gave an insight into life as an interdisciplinary scientist working at the [...]
Small Particles make Big Splash
This month small particles have been making a big splash with pupils in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset schools. Over 3000 students and teachers have heard CERN & Bristol University physicist Dr Helen Heath talking about what is probably the largest physics experiment in the world – the Large Hadron Collider. Dr Heath was touring South West schools with [...]
