Physics Exhibits

Accelerators everywhere: from the Big Bang to curing cancer

Researchers from several institutions are investigating how to improve and optimise performance of particle accelerators.

Chasing cancer with a flash of light

Researchers at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London are developing new optical techniques, to locate and assess a key lymph node...

Exhibition extra: Particle physics and the mysteries of the early Universe

In this interactive presentation, Dr Cristina Lazzeroni, a Royal Society University Research Fellow from the University of Birmingham, will reveal...

From fossils to photography: Victorian science

In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, his groundbreaking work on evolution by natural selection. The idea has been...

From the oldest light to the youngest stars: the Herschel and Planck Missions

Researchers at seven UK institutions are working with the European Space Agency and other international partners on the Herschel and Planck...

How do shapes fill space?

Researchers from five institutions are studying how space can be filled with shapes and what this can tell about the natural world and medieval...

Nature's raincoats

Researchers from the University of Oxford and Nottingham Trent University are working together to understand the ways that plants and insects...

Our cosmic origins: building the Milky Way

A team lead by researchers from Durham University is working to create a computer simulation of the evolution of the Universe. This will help them...

Quantum of sol - the next generation of solar cells

Researchers from Imperial College London are developing the next generation of solar panels to harness the sun to provide clean and affordable...

You're never too young to be a research scientist

The Langton Star Centre is working with students from primary and secondary schools to give them first hand experience in scientific research.