Marvin and Milo go to Africa

By Alison R | Published: November 10, 2009
Imagine this… A school with no running water, where the labs have just basic apparatus, no gas, one power point each, and only sporadic electricity.  This is the situation at the Kabale School, Bukoba, Tanzania, which faced David Morgan & Christine Forbes - a science teacher & a chemistry technician from The Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester - when challenged to teach a 3 [...]
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All Star Turn Out

By Alison R | Published: November 4, 2009
Read all about the very successful ‘Night Under The Stars’ star-gazing event in Bristol on 28th October on the ‘Sounds of Science’ Blog here: http://sciencepodcasts.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/all-star-turn-out/
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Morphogenesis: where physics meets art

By Alison R | Published: October 14, 2009
Visitors to the Institute’s website and readers of IOP Journals will have noticed the colourful designs which feature online and on many journal covers.  These images are created by Frederique Swist, Senior Graphic Designer at IOP Publishing, based on original physics research and journal diagrams.  Now they are on show in Bristol as part of the View Art Gallery’s [...]
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