Physical sciences

Copper is restless until it becomes gold

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“Copper is restless until it becomes gold”
Meister Eckhart (c.1260-c.1328) German theologian, philosopher and mystic.

Microstructure of the car.

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Dr Adam Wojcik from the Department of Mechanical Engineering examined the microstructure of the car with his microscope, and this is what he saw and said.

Flourescent x-ray machine depicting metal content

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The toy car was taken to the institute of Archaeology to be put into their XRF machine (flourescent x-ray) by lab technician Simon Groom.

Colour measurement of toy car at UCL

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Colour measurement of toy car at UCL

Lindsay MacDonald
Geomatic Engineering

Alchemy: Lead into Gold

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Alchemy is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances d

What does a paediatrician do?

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A paediatric doctor deals with the growth, development and the health of children, from birth to adolescence.

Eating Molten Lead

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Martial arts footage from Mount Dobong, South Korea - where a man eats molten lead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40v8qeUJZQ

Phonetic research using lead chains in the vocal tract

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Volker Dellwo
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This story reminds me of early phonetic research on speech production from the 1920s.

bigger atoms are not necesserily better

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Andrew Verra
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The fear of nuclear power is mainly driven by the fear of its long lasting danger to human health.

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