An Engineer’s Guide to Space Travel
Ways to make space travel faster using physics concepts. This presentation was third in the 2016 Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of Technology in Science Learning.
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A very well-explained description of the theory of lift and of how the energy-sapping wingtip vortices are created in aircraft flight. This talk was the runner-up in the 2016 Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of Technology in Science Learning.
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A (fairly) light-hearted explanation of the process of in vitro fertilisation in humans. Winner of the Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of Technology in Science Learning 2016.
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The Science of Chillies
Solids, Liquids and Gases
What goes up must come down
A fascinating discussion between two humanoids about the mystery force of gravity.
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Chiho describes her important work in looking for varieties of wheat which could help increase food production in arid areas.
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Tomoha describes her work in helping preserve this threatened species of plant.
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Nao describes her work in investigating the ways in which wheat can be made to cope with the higher temperatures expected from global warming.
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Aki decribes her experiments in improving soils using various buffering materials.
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An interesting look at how the direction of water flow affects shell growth in barnacles.
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Solar Energy
Genetic Engineering
Snowflakes
Cameron gives a review of the study of snowflakes and some interesting points about of how our knowledge is still inadequate.
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An interesting and very amusing account of the propblems of fractures occurring in sport
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Black Holes
A very interesting survey of the current knowledge of these strange beasts.
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A fun view of a serious subject. Lilya and Shiza take a look at how memories are made.
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Is there a collision between conserving a single rare species and much wider habitat preservation.
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How these ultra-large objects indicate the presence of both dark matter and dark energy.
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Handedness
Dark Matter
A really good overview of Dark Matter - from an 11-year old! https://www.geoset.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dark-Matter.pdf
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Superconductivity
This video shows a terrific selection of superconducting demonstrations and explanations.
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***** Winner! *****
Hal has been awarded the 2014 Geoset HighSchool Award for this excellent presentation about how non-circular shapes can have a very useful set of rotational properties. More details | Watch nowThe Doppler Effect – some examples
An Introduction to Prions
Yeast
Resonance and Bridges
Abbie describes why bridges must be designed to counteract the effects of unwanted vibrations.
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Physics' students Rosie & Carine explain the physics behind concert hall acoustics.
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Students explain why the sky is dark at night, despite there being many billions of bright stars.
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An overview of Young Scientists: the online science journal written and edited by students aged 12-20 across the globe.
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