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How lenses and mirrors workCreative Commons Image Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes under CC-BY licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 March 2011

How do lenses and mirrors change the path of light - and what effect do their shapes have? Read more : How lenses and mirrors work

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Paradox of wave-particlesProduction team

By Professor Russell Stannard (The Open University)

25 February 2010

Professor Russell Stannard looks at the wave-particle paradox and Niels Bohr’s solution to it. Read more : Paradox of wave-particles

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Measure the speed of light with your microwave Featuring: video, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 December 2008

This video discovers an unconventional way to measure the speed of light using the microwave in your kitchen Read more : Measure the speed of light with your microwave

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By Dr James Bruce (The Open University)

09 December 2008

James Bruce describes how a natural fluorescent molecule, green fluorescent protein can highlight what is going on inside living cells Read more : Fluorescence imaging

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Challenge: Make an Underwater TorchProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

28 January 2008

The science behind making a torch that will work underwater, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Rough Science 2 Read more : Challenge: Make an Underwater Torch

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Challenge: Make FireworksBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

28 January 2008

The team of scientists who took the Rough Science trip to Carriacou were asked to create explosions in the sky Read more : Challenge: Make Fireworks

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Photographic historyBBC

By The Rough Science webteam (The Open University)

27 September 2007

The story of photography goes right back to ancient Greece. Read more : Photographic history

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Underwater Torch Challenge GlossaryCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

21 July 2007

Some of the key terms associated with making a torch Read more : Underwater Torch Challenge Glossary

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Fireworks Challenge GlossaryCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

21 July 2007

Some of the key terms associated with making fireworks Read more : Fireworks Challenge Glossary

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OU on the BBC: Rough Science 5: Zanzibar - Rough Science 5: The ChallengesProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

09 August 2006

A summary of the scientists' challenges in Zanzibar, part of the fifth BBC/OU TV series Rough Science, based in Zanzibar Read more : OU on the BBC: Rough Science 5: Zanzibar - Rough Science 5: The Challenges

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Pages tagged as Light

How lenses and mirrors workCreative Commons Image Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes under CC-BY licence

Paradox of wave-particlesProduction team

Measure the speed of light with your microwave Featuring: video, The Open University

Fluorescence imagingDreamstime

Challenge: Make an Underwater TorchProduction team

Challenge: Make FireworksBBC

Photographic historyBBC

Underwater Torch Challenge GlossaryCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

Fireworks Challenge GlossaryCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

OU on the BBC: Rough Science 5: Zanzibar - Rough Science 5: The ChallengesProduction team