Fwd: Free online events and virtual tours with the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
These virtual talks, tours and other online activities may be of interest to you or to people you know.
Chris H
| Subject: | Free online events and virtual tours with the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
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| Date: | Tue, 12 May 2020 13:30:46 +0000 |
We hope you enjoyed the long weekend and
had a chance to relax in the glorious weather we had for the
first part of it! Thank you to those of you who have joined
us for some of our virtual events – we hope you enjoyed them!
We’ve got some new events coming up, including virtual tours
of our particle accelerator, the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source,
and of our Boulby Underground Laboratory. We know that people
aren’t always able to join us for the live events, so you can
now also sign up to be sent a link to a recording of the talk,
so you can watch when you have a moment.
We’ve put together some resources and
opportunities below:
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Talking Science and
Virtual Tours
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You can sign up to
attend any of our virtual talks and tours (or to receive a
link to the recording) on our booking page here:
https://talkingscience2019-20.eventbrite.co.uk.
There are several different talks coming up:
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Thursday 14 May,
14:00 (ages 12+) – The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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The ISIS Neutron and
Muon Source is one of the two large particle accelerators at
the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Join us for an
introductory talk about how ISIS works and some of the amazing
science that takes place here, and a virtual tour of the
facility – including going into areas where most people don’t
get to go! ISIS acts like a giant microscope, but instead of
using light, it uses neutrons and muons to investigate the
atomic and molecular properties of a huge range of different
materials – from antibiotic resistance to aircraft wings, and
investigating polar bear hair to make more environmentally
friendly paint.
o
Friday 15 May, 18:00
(ages 12+) – From citizen science to genetics: how can you
help us tackle the resistance of tuberculosis to
antibiotics?
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Tuberculosis is a
disease that has afflicted humans for thousands of years and
kills more people worldwide than any other infectious disease.
In this talk Philip will explain how scientists have reduced
the time it takes for doctors in the UK to find out which
antibiotics will work by examining the genetic code of each
case of tuberculosis (TB). To make this even more accurate,
over 20,000 samples of TB will have been collected by the end
of 2020 and you can help us analyse all this data!
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Thursday 21 May,
14:00 (ages 12+) – A virtual visit to the Boulby Underground
Laboratory
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The Boulby Underground
Laboratory is the UK’s deepest science facility, situated in
the Boulby Mine 1,100 m underground. From deep in the mine,
the Boulby team are taking part in a wide variety of science:
from searching for dark matter and testing robotics for future
space exploration, to studying different materials and
investigating the possibility of alien life. This event will
include an introduction to the work done at the lab, and a
virtual tour of the facility, as well as an opportunity to ask
questions.
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Wednesday 27 May,
15:00 (ages 10+) – Dark Matter and the Boulby Underground
Laboratory
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Along the north east
coast, 1.1km underground, STFC’s Boulby Underground Laboratory
hosts experiments probing the very fabric of our mysterious
and as yet poorly understood universe. Join Christopher Toth
for an informal, easily accessible introduction into the
dynamics of distant galaxies, the ever elusive substance known
as dark matter and the work being conducted in order to find
it. Absolutely no prior physics knowledge required!
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Friday 12 June,
18:00 (all ages) – Saving the Mary Rose’s cannonballs
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When Henry VIII’s
flagship, the Mary Rose, sunk off the coast of Portsmouth on
19th July 1545, she took over 1,200 cast iron cannonballs with
her into the depths of the Solent. Since excavation in the
1980s, the cannonball collection has begun to rust and
degrade, despite conservation efforts to minimise loss. This
talk shows how cutting-edge scientific analysis performed at
Diamond Light Source – the UK’s national synchrotron facility
– has enabled us to begin to understand how this unique Tudor
collection corrodes and why different preservation treatments
have either failed or succeeded to conserve the artefacts.
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You can also find past
Talking the lectures here:
https://sas.stfc.ac.uk/vportal/index.jsp. You’ll need
to enable Adobe Flash Player in order to view the recordings.
The talks can be found under the “STFC Public Lectures” link
on the menu on the left hand side.
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Diamond the Game
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Our partners at Diamond
Light Source have created Diamond the Game Print and Play: a
board game you can print at home, for 2-5 players that lasts
between 20-30 minutes. It puts you and your family and friends
directly in the role as a researcher at the Diamond Light
Source, visiting different beamlines to make progress in a
diverse range of scientific projects in Physics, Chemistry,
Cultural Heritage, and more. As you travel around the
synchrotron you will have to make the most of your
experiments, as well as working with your fellow players, in
order to be remembered as the most famous scientist.
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To find out more and
download your free copy, please visit:
https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Public/DiamondTheGame
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Remote3
Coding Challenges
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Every Monday at 11:00
we’re going to be holding a short webinar and introducing a
new computing challenge, linked to our sister site the Boulby
Underground Laboratory as part of the Remote3
project.
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Each week will include
a short talk, an introduction to this week’s challenge, and
highlighting some of the projects completed as part of the
previous week’s challenges.
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The challenges will be
aimed at students aged 9-14, and can all be completed with the
free online Scratch programming language (https://scratch.mit.edu/).
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To sign up (either to
attend the webinars or to receive videos of them), please
visit our website:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Remote3Online/
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Online workshops for
primary school children
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Cloud Catching (ages
7-11), Tuesday 19 May 10:30:
This workshop provides an introduction to clouds, how
clouds are formed and different cloud types. Children can
learn about our scientists that study clouds, and have a go at
making their own cloud picture using household objects. This
will last approximately 30 minutes.
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To sign up, please
visit:
https://cloudcatchingonline.eventbrite.co.uk
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Royal Observatory
Edinburgh: Online talks
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Our sister lab, at the
Royal Observatory Edinburgh, is running a series of weekly
astronomy talks. The next talk, this evening on Tuesday 14
May at 19:00, is entitled “Following the Photons”.
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You can find more
information, and a link to register, online:
https://www.roe.ac.uk/vc/public/astronomy-talks/index.html
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#STFCScienceAtHome:
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Our social media team
have been sharing lots of activities and resources on a
different themes, including “Measure the Speed of Light in a
Microwave” and “Land on Mars”.
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You can find
links to all the activities, videos and quizzes on our twitter
feed:
https://twitter.com/STFC_Matters
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UK Research into
Coronavirus
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The UK Research and
Innovation, our parent organisation, have pulled together some
of work being undertaken in the UK and elsewhere around the
world to understand the COVID-19 virus. Do take a look at it
to find out about the work which is being done!
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The website
https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/ is being
updated regularly as more advances are being made.
We do hope you’ll be able to join us online
soon!
Take care,
The Public Engagement Team at RAL
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