In the Blink of an Eye

Join in the Cambridge Science Festival excitement! This time Helen Czerski takes us to the physics department at Cambridge, known as the Cavendish laboratory. She turns the oxygen in a ballon liquid, explaining how the molecules zoom around. She shows us how to tell a real diamond from a fake diamond. Finally, she shows us a really big gun - the single stage gas gun at the Cavendish, which can fire objects at 1000s of miles per hour. She shows us how the diamond cracks when shot at with very high speed. Finally, she shows us what happens when a drop of water falls through a soap bubble.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Cambridge University
• Science
• Festival
• Helen Czerski
• Physics
• Cavendish
• Cambridge
• Student
• Carol Vorderman

[asubjectiveopinion]

She got a third you know.

[applesndb]

amazing! just so amazed with the ideas of british people...and sccience is really interesting

[luvstoemail]

they are not talking about 'weenies'. they are just turning oxygen into liquid then back again!

[kelvenur]

well, every male on this planet knows that when the weenie goes into a cold place, there will be shrinkage! no need for a fancy liquid nitrogen experimento to show us that...