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    Why are we Engineering Atoms? overview
    • Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off
    • What is Materials Science?
    • What is Metallurgy?
    • What is an Atom?
    • How does a Jet Engine work?
    • What is an alloy?
    • Links
  • Our Exhibit

    Our Exhibit

    Our Exhibit overview
    • Memory Springs
    • The Atom Challenge
    • The Scanning Electron Microscope
    • Metals Up Close
    • Links
  • Videos

    Videos

    Videos overview
    • Tempering Steel
    • Magnetic Cornflakes
    • Deforming Calcite
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    • How is a Jet Turbine Engine like a Baked Alaska?
    • What do Diamonds, iron, salt and chocolate all have in common?
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Presenting at the Cambridge Science Centre

Filming our Royal Society video

Cambridge Science Festival 2015

Schools Visits

Big Bang Science Fair



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Filming our Royal Society video (25-26/03/15)

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Cambridge Science Festival 2015 (21/03/15)

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Ed on the Science Festival Roadshow 2015

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Lewis at the Big Bang Science Fair 2015

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