The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology.
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
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
The view from inside an industrial laboratory by Steve Sidney, National Laboratory Association, South Africa Recorded 8th March 2011
Presented by Seton Bennett Recorded 24th February 2011
Possible applications of multiferroic materials by Dr Melvin Vopson, NPL Recorded 24th February 2011
An Industry in Transition; the future advances of tele-communication by Dr Walter Tuttlebee, Mobile VCE Recorded 19th November 2010
For applications in photovoltaics and photonics. Presented by Roland Hany and Jakob Heier from EMPA Recorded 4th November 2010
A presentation on Gel-Phase Nanotechnology by Prof. Rein Ulijn from the University of Strathclyde.
Decadal Change Accuracy for Space Based Reflected Solar Spectra, Emitted Infrared Spectra, and Radio Occultation
Live examples of malicious sites, how they work, and what little we currently know about the criminals who operate them. By Richard Clayton
How to use light for frequency comparisons over hundreds of kilometers by Giuseppe Marra
Measuring the Wear and Frictional Response of Surfaces by Mark Gee
Taking the Nature's path to nanostructured materials by Max Ryadnov
"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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
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.
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.
'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.
'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.
'Transport at the nanoscale' by Alexandre Cuenat from NPL, recorded in August 2009. Recording Crown Copyright 2009. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'Serpents and Synthesisers: the Physics of Musical Instruments' by Murray Campbell.Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'How can you measure it if you can't see it? by Richard Leach.Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Metropoly: a game of chance' by Alistair Forbes.Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
Humidity measurement by Stephanie BellRecording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Citior, altior, fortior ... accuratior? The metrology of sport' by Seton Bennett Recording Crown Copyright 2008. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
''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.
'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.
'Atom and molecule mechanics' by John PethicaRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
''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.
''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.
'Lord Rayleigh' by Peter WellsRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'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.
'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.
'Interfaces between Functional Electronic Systems' by Jochen Mannhart. Audio OnlyRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Air Pollution Modelling' by Garry HaymanRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Sustaining Moore's Law - The Interconnect Challenge' by Chris Hunt.Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Fuel cells: making the transition to a low carbon economy' by Gareth Hinds.Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'On the road to the universal Kelvin' by Wolfgang Buck, from PTBRecording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'Electroanalytical immunosensor utilising metal nano particles' by Robert Porter.Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
'The Quantum Elephant in the Metrology Corner' by Alexander Tzalenchuk.Recording Crown Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland.
''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.