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 Schilizzi Recorded 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. 2010 Included 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. 2010 Included 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. 2010 Included 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. 2009 Included 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. 2009 Included 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. 2009 Included 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. 2009 Included 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.
