http://www.theocelot.co.uk/post/tag/oxfordshire-science-festival/ Posts tagged as Oxfordshire Science Festival Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:11 +0100 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Common Utilities Blog jamie at theocelot dot co dot uk jamie at theocelot dot co dot uk http://www.theocelot.co.uk/modules/rmcommon/images/rssimage.png http://www.theocelot.co.uk/post/tag/oxfordshire-science-festival/ 100 34 http://www.theocelot.co.uk/post/26/02/2012/all-hail-the-synchrotron/ <p>Amazing images from one of the UK's largest scientific facilities are set to light up the Oxford Castle Quarter as part of a giant outdoor photo gallery.</p> <p><span> </span>To illuminate the minds of adults and children during the Oxfordshire Science Festival the Oxford Castle Quarter will display a series of landmark images from the Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron light source based in Harwell, Oxfordshire. The synchrotron – a source of incredibly bright light – accelerates electrons to almost the speed of light and can produce X-rays 100 billion times brighter than a hospital X-ray machine focussed onto a spot smaller than a pin prick.</p> <p><span> </span>This powerful light can probe into materials revealing their finest structures and is being used to tackle everything from climate change to  developing new drugs to combat diseases such as cancer, malaria and HIV, and for the preservation of important historical artefacts, such as the Tudor warship, the Mary Rose.</p> <p><span> </span>Images from the Diamond Light Source will be available to view for free at the Oxford Castle Quarter from Saturday March 3 to Sunday March 18.</p> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:06:00 +0100 http://www.theocelot.co.uk/post/26/02/2012/all-hail-the-synchrotron/