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Learn how the colour of the sky changes using only milk, water, and a pint glass and how to make your very own cosmic ray detector! On the night, as well as the talks, our Pint of Science team will demonstrate some fascinating experiments to bring science to life. All experiments are perfectly safe and can be repeated using household objects.
At this event, you'll have the chance to win highly-coveted Pint of Science merchandise, including pint glasses and t-shirts. There may even be some Pint of Science tattoos around!
This event is fully accessible.
At this event, you'll have the chance to win highly-coveted Pint of Science merchandise, including pint glasses and t-shirts. There may even be some Pint of Science tattoos around!
This event is fully accessible.
Why is the sky blue and the sunset red?
Dr Pablo Albella
(Research Associate at Imperial College London)
Pablo will present how light behaves when it interacts with very small particles, i.e. ~5.000-10.000 times smaller than a hair. In particular, we will see that the physics of these systems is important to explain and understand daily phenomena such as the blue sky or a red sunset. At the same time, Pablo will show how the understanding of how light interacts with very small objects can enable new applications in information technologies, nanocircuits, light guiding or even cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Searching for Dark Matter
Dr Pat Scott
(STFC Rutherford Fellow in Astrophysics at Imperial College London)
Pat is an astroparticle phenomenologist: a universal busybody. He gets involved in a variety of fields at the frontiers of modern physics, often simultaneously -- particle theory, particle experiment, cosmology, solar and stellar physics, high energy astrophysics, you name it!
As leader of the GAMBIT Collaboration, Pat works with other like-minded busybodies trying to put together all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is the search for physics Beyond the Standard Model (of particle physics). Come and hear about the latest developments in their search for the elusive dark matter!
As leader of the GAMBIT Collaboration, Pat works with other like-minded busybodies trying to put together all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is the search for physics Beyond the Standard Model (of particle physics). Come and hear about the latest developments in their search for the elusive dark matter!
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