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Giants of the Infinitesimal bigs up the nano-particles at Magna Science Centre

Sculptors and scientists combine for the new show at Rotherham's Magna, where you can manipulate powerful tiny particles in the same way experts do in the labs.

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National Trust Wales aims to make beauty spots self-sufficient through hydro-electricity

The National Trust has announced more innovative power plans, galvanising abandoned copper mines, mountain rivers, farms and cottages along the way.

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The Manchester Museum explores extraordinary work of Enigma cracker Alan Turing

Alan Turing and Life's Enigma looks at the years after the war, when the mathematician explored how living things develop shape and structure at the University of Manchester.

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Action-packed National Science and Engineering Week begins

The annual campaign celebrates science nationwide for the next nine days, including a supermarket campaign aimed at inspiring children to conduct mini-experiments.

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Colossus machine gets new gallery at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing

The public can help fund a new gallery for the world's first programmable computer, credited with playing a vital part in thwarting Nazi communications during World War II.

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AV Wroe's "birdcage on bicycle wheels" Triplane inspires playwright at MOSI

A visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has inspired playwright Berlie Doherty to pen a play about a World War I flyer who is drawn to the Peak District.

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Intuition and Ingenuity explores digital legacy of Alan Turing at Lighthouse Brighton

Artificial life, God complexes, fibonacci numbers and science art are explored through ten artists inspired by the genius who played a crucial part in Britain's wartime efforts.

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Robin Ince and Usain Bolt on the scene for Cambridge Science Festival 2012 line-up

More than 180 (mostly free) events and a theme of "breaking boundaries" as the hugely popular annual Science Festival in Cambridge prepares to open in March 2012.

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Rescue capsule which saved Chilean miners on show as Fénix 2 arrives at Science Museum

The huge, oxygen-enhanced capsule which famously saved a group of Chilean miners in a miraculous 2010 mission has gone on display at the Science Museum in London.

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Museum of Science and Industry volunteer fires up rare example of earliest electrical light

The expertise of an electrical ace working behind the scenes in Manchester has allowed the public to see one of the earliest electrical lamps in action again.

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Visitor wins motorbike which starred in Museum of Science and Industry Harley-Davidson show

A Lancashire doctor celebrates becoming one of the luckiest exhibition visitors of 2011 after winning an 883 Sportster with a raffle ticket bought on a family day out in Manchester.

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The National Museum of Computing enjoys tablet resurrection of BBC Domesday Project

25 years after the BBC launched the Domesday Project to digitise public photos and text mapping out the UK, the Bletchley Park venue plays host to Domesday Reloaded.

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Oxford experts' brain research on Rembrandts suggests public prefer the genuine article

Art historians and scientists have used brain scanners, 14 human guinea pigs and a set of fake and genuine Rembrandt works to prove that the way we view art is "not rational".

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Avro Vulcan and Central Valve Steam Engine honoured with Engineering Heritage Awards

The Institute of Mechanical Engineers has given top awards to the famous Vulcan aircraft and the engine which powered most of Britain's electricity more than a century ago.

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Robotville invades the Science Museum

This weekend, London's Science Museum will be taken over by a festival of European robotics to open a month-long celebration of robots. From child-sized Italian brainboxes to potential pets and......

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