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Physics videos roundup: 28 March 2013 28 Mar 2013 We are gearing up for the Easter break so we bring you the video round up a day early. We feature the amount of energy in an Easter egg and Euclid’s influence on geometry. How Much Energy Is In An Easter Egg? – Number Hub (Ep 12) This video gives you both the maths and [...]

What is happening in space? 28 Mar 2013 This month has seen lots of exciting developments in space including the super speedy star, first man-made object to leave the solar system, the colour of mars rocks plus much more.

Can eating chocolate improve your chances of winning the Nobel Prize? 28 Mar 2013 A study from Columbia University based on the power of chocolate has suggested that a regular cocoa intake has led to improved mental function in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment.

Crop yields are threatened by the decline in wild pollinators 28 Mar 2013 A worldwide study suggests that the number of wild bees and other pollinators are declining to the point that they may be even more of a threat to crop yields than the loss of the honey bee.

Society for Radiological Protection Schools Event - Harrogate Tuesday 21 May 2013 28 Mar 2013 Following on from its huge success in Glasgow in May 2012 – attended by over 1200 pupils from 30 schools the Society for Radiological Protection (SRP) will be running another Schools Event in Harrogate on Tuesday 21 May 2013.

Today’s physics news: Cabinet told to prepare for cuts and professors’ salaries rise faster 28 Mar 2013 Prepare for 10 per cent cuts, Cabinet told Cabinet ministers have been put on notice to find spending cuts of up to 10 per cent from their departments.  Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has written to all departments warning them to identify the cuts as part of an austerity drive in which [...]

Mathieu Verniol – getting experience is essential 28 Mar 2013 Mathieu Verniol is a Modern Foreign Languages teacher and KS3 Coordinator for MFL at Chailey School in East Sussex   School experience   As I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, getting experience before embarking on my teacher training course was essential but also very enjoyable.         I was 17 when I first [...]

The Politics of History, Education and Identity in the UK 28 Mar 2013 One Day Conference - 6th July 2013 The Academy for British and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield (in association with the Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Britishness) are hosting a multi-disciplinary conference 'Educating the Nation(s): The Politics of History, Education and Identity in the UK' looking at one of the most controversial elements of recent debates about citizenship and identity in the UK, namely concerns regarding the content and purpose of history...

Top 40 Work Placements: How Christian Donnerer used his physics degree to help conserve endangered tigers 27 Mar 2013 Want to spend your summer doing physics? This year the Institute of Physics is again offering penultimate year undergraduate physics students in the UK and Ireland bursaries to carry out eight-week summer placements. Find out how to apply. Over the next few weeks we’ll be finding out what last summer’s placement students got up to. [...]

Today’s physics news: New matter map from Planck spacecraft, praise for John Beddington 27 Mar 2013 Planck telescope: A map of all the ‘stuff’ in the cosmos Europe’s Planck telescope, which last week showed us a picture of the oldest light streaming across the Universe, has another trick up its sleeve. It has also mapped the distribution of all the matter in the cosmos. This was done by analysing the subtle [...]