| The big squeeze The world of science at one million times atmospheric pressure. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh are exploring extreme pressures and how they affect ordinary objects to create fascinating new materials.
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Living with a star: surviving near our explosive Sun
The Sun's explosions and eruptions understood using the latest space missions
A collaboration of researchers from the UK are using two new space missions to better understand how the Sun produces the largest eruptions in the Solar System, as part of International Heliophysical Year (IHY).
Listen to what the trees are saying
Wood quality assessment at the speed of sound!
A research collaboration of Forest Research, Fibre-Gen (New Zealand), Napier University and University of Glasgow is striving to improve sustainability and increase efficiency in the UK forest industry.
The dynamics of spin
Spinning toys: surprising dynamics and tantalizing connections to natural phenomena
Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Bristol and Portsmouth and from Keio University (Japan) are using mechanical toys to illustrate behaviours that seem to defy the laws of physics.
From music to sand-painting
Using sound waves to create multi-material 3D objects
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London are using ancient art methods to create new multi-material dispensing methods for solids.
Matter matters!
Adventures with neutrons: an atom's-eye view of everyday materials
Scientists from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are working with the world-leading ISIS Neutron Source to explore and understand the structure of materials.