National Physical Laboratory Podcast

Exploring the Universe with the world's largest radio telescope

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2011 53:57

The Square Kilometre Array: a £1.2 billion global science project to build the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope. Presented by Richard SchilizziRecorded May 2011

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Seeking the TRUTHS about climate change

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2011 57:19

An update on the vital work being carried out at NPL to improve traceability and reduce uncertainties associated with climate forecasts. Presented by Nigel Fox. Recorded 19th April 2011

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The Challenge of Implementing the GUM and its Supplements

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2011 17:11

The view from inside an industrial laboratory by Steve Sidney, National Laboratory Association, South Africa Recorded 8th March 2011

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Charles Galton Darwin and the NPL at war

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2011 20:34

Presented by Seton Bennett Recorded 24th February 2011

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Emerging technologies based on multiferroic materials

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2011 20:37

Possible applications of multiferroic materials by Dr Melvin Vopson, NPL Recorded 24th February 2011

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Personal Wireless Communications

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2011 58:21

An Industry in Transition; the future advances of tele-communication by Dr Walter Tuttlebee, Mobile VCE Recorded 19th November 2010

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Structured organic cyanine dye thin films

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2011

For applications in photovoltaics and photonics. Presented by Roland Hany and Jakob Heier from EMPA Recorded 4th November 2010

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Building on the Building Blocks of Life

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2010 45:15

A presentation on Gel-Phase Nanotechnology by Prof. Rein Ulijn from the University of Strathclyde.

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CLARREO

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2010 38:55

Decadal Change Accuracy for Space Based Reflected Solar Spectra, Emitted Infrared Spectra, and Radio Occultation

Evil on the Internet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2010 62:31

Live examples of malicious sites, how they work, and what little we currently know about the criminals who operate them. By Richard Clayton

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Linking clocks with optical fibres

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2010 26:25

How to use light for frequency comparisons over hundreds of kilometers by Giuseppe Marra

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Scratching the Surface

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2010 30:41

Measuring the Wear and Frictional Response of Surfaces by Mark Gee

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From protein folding to nanoscale design

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2010 27:21

Taking the Nature's path to nanostructured materials by Max Ryadnov

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FIRST Explorer - A space-borne low-frequency radio observatory using passive formation flying

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2010 53:20

"FIRST Explorer -A space-borne low-frequency radio observatory using passive formation flying" - by Jan Bergman & Prof. Alistair Forbes on 18th March 2010. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2010Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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Drunken Walks on a Nanoscale Tightrope: Excitons on Carbon Nanotubes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2010 49:53

'Drunken Walks on a Nanoscale Tightrope: Excitons on Carbon Nanotubes' by Jeremy Allam, recorded on 18th February 2010. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2010Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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The physics of perception: measurement of naturalness

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2010 25:29

'The physics of perception: measurement of naturalness' by Teresa Goodman, recorded on January 28th 2010. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2010Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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Ambient Mass Spectrometry: The future for instant chemical analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2010 25:45

'Ambient Mass Spectrometry: The future for instant chemical analysis' by Felicia Green recorded on January 28th 2010. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2010 Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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Combating cancer in the third millennium - the contribution of medical physics

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2010 49:37

'Combating cancer in the third millennium - the contribution of medical physics' by Prof Steve Webb, recorded on December 17th 2009. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2010 Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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The story of Packet Switching

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2009 17:25

In the mid-late 1960s, a team at the National Physical Laboratory invented the means by which all data is transferred across networks.This is the story of packet-switching by the men who pioneered it.Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2009Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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David Yates talks about 'Scrapbook'

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2009 29:27

David Yates, who worked at NPL from 1962 to 1992, talks about 'Scrapbook'Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2009Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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Soundscapes and action plans: the need for a new metrology of noise perception

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2009 28:03

'Soundscapes and action plans: the need for a new metrology of noise perception' by Gianluca Memoli, recorded in October 2009. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2009Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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In Pursuit of Pulsars

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2009 50:47

'In Pursuit of Pulsars' by Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell, recorded in September 2009. Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO. 2009Included audiovisual material reproduced with permission of the presenter.

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Transport at the nanoscale

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2009 50:06

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From the Lab to the Marketplace: Commercial Applications of Nanotechnology

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2009 57:29

'From the Lab to the Marketplace: Commercial Applications of Nanotechnology' by Dr David Carey, recorded May 2009.Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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New Materials Science with Synhcrotron Radiation: the XMas Story

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2009 29:37

'New Materials Science with Synchrotron Radiation: the XMas Story' by Prof Malcolm Cooper. Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Nature's Nanomachines: Understanding Biological Molecules Through Single Molecule Measurements

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2009 25:19

'Nature's Nanomachines: Understanding Biological Molecules Through Single Molecule Measurements' by Alex Knight from NPL, recorded in April 2009. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Probing into the future - A look at what scanning probe technology may offer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2009 55:37

'Probing into the future - A look at what scanning probe technology may offer' by Dr Goh K E Johnson, recorded in March 2009. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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'The Magic of Flat Carbon' by Dr. Kostya Novoselov

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2009 36:51

'The Magic of Flat Carbon by Dr. Kostya Novoselov from Manchester University, recorded in February 2009. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Quantity - Structure - Activity measurements for biological molecules, harmonisation through metrology?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2009 27:05

'Quantity - Structure - Activity measurements for biological molecules, harmonisation through metrology?' by Anna Hill. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Closing the Metrological Triangle with a Superconducting Nanowire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2009 22:39

'Closing the Metrological Triangle with a Superconducting Nanowire' by Carol Webster, recorded in January 2009. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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''High Efficiency Lighting - the measurement challenge'' by Emma Woolliams, recorded in June 2008. Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Simulating materials with chemical detail at IBM: From biophysics to high-tech applications

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 46:27

'Simulating materials with chemical detail at IBM: From biophysics to high-tech applications' by Glenn Martyna, from IBM New York.Audio only.Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Atom and molecule mechanics

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2007 56:59

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Electron Backscattering Diffraction - mapping microstructures from nanometres to millimetres

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2007 27:35

''Electron Backscattering Diffraction - mapping microstructures from nanometres to millimetres'' by Ken Mingard, recorded in November 2007. Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Why are NPL getting a Clinical LinAc?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2007 25:47

''Why are NPL getting a Clinical LinAc?'' by Alan DuSautoy, recorded in November 2007. Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Lord Rayleigh

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2007 35:15

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Curiouser and curiouser: Radiochemical analysis of Nuclear Reactor Bioshields

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2007 34:15

'Curiouser and curiouser: Radiochemical analysis of Nuclear Reactor Bioshields' by Simon Jerome Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Making quantum electrical standards more accessible: the quantum Hall effect in Indium Antimonide

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2007 26:36

'Making quantum electrical standards more accessible: the quantum Hall effect in Indium Antimonide' by Stephen GiblinRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Interfaces between Functional Electronic Systems

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2007 54:03

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Air Pollution Modelling

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2007 30:27

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Sustaining Moore's Law - The Interconnect Challenge

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2007 34:55

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Fuel cells: making the transition to a low carbon economy

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2007 32:55

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'On the road to the universal Kelvin'

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2007 54:25

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Electroanalytical immunosensor utilising metal nano particles

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2007 16:47

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The Quantum Elephant in the Metrology Corner

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2007 28:02

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'Space the Final Frontier (for Wireless Comms)'

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2007 68:41

''Space the Final Frontier for Wireless Comms'' by Mark Beach, from Bristol UniversityRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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