51 results found for general-science

In a way that never took place with early Christianity, the spread of Islam heralded a remarkable period of scientific advances, particularly during the golden age of the Abbasids of Baghdad between the 8th and 11th centuries AD.

Harry Kroto talks to undergraduate scientists at FSU about his ideas for the future of science in the 21st century.

Steve's winning presentation in the Mediasite Global Outreach Challenge 2009

President Obama commits the USA to a research and development sector of above 3% of GNP. This will double much of the current spending for many agencies.

Steve answers questions about the brightness of stars.

This clip is about solder (a low melting point metal mixture) that can be melted using a hand-held soldering iron. The solder also has flux within it to help combat corrosion and produce a good solder joint to the components and circuitry.

Chris Freeman, the founder and first director of the UK's Science Policy Research Unit introduces Bernal, the father of the protein crystallography techniques which enabled the double helix structure of DNA to be unravelled. Bernal's major impact on ....

This lecture was presented at the Royal Society for the 2002 Faraday Award for public appreciation of science. It covers many topics from a walk through chemistry, the nature of truth and debate, the importance of education at a young age, and the va....

Scientific description of 'nano' and it's use in marketing

A look at the relationship between art and science with the emphasis on carbon nanotubes and protein fibres. Transmission and scanning electron microscopes.

The experiments in 1985 that uncovered the existence of C-60

Discovery of atoms and molecules in interstellar space using spectroscopy and how it expands our ideas of our Earth's make-up.  Discovery of carbon-60 and creative ideas for the future.