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Article: Preview Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham IslandA century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.08 May 2013 -
Article: Preview Beneath and Beyond takes seismic upheaval to the Museum of Science and IndustryLive seismic recordings from 50 stations around the world – including ones beneath Greater Manchester – help create a unique sound and video installation at the MOSI.22 March 2013 -
Article: Preview We Made it – Nuts, Bolts, Gadgets and Gizmos gallery opens at Thinktank BirminghamCars, cows, aluminium and mobile phones feature among 1,200 objects and 20 interactive exhibits in a new gallery charting Birmingham's productive past.21 February 2013 -
Article: News Watershed residencies create drawing robot and rotting Geiger-Müller Sound SystemA robot capable of making original drawings and a rotting 19th century harmonium represent the results of art-technology experiment the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol.28 January 2013 -
Article Postboxes in Bristol to speak to public via text after PAN Studios win Playable City AwardPeople in Bristol will be able to exchange messages with bollards, benches and other street objects in a project devised by the £30,000 winners of a digital art competition.21 January 2013 -
Article: News Raspberry Pi chicken shames cupboard raiders on Twitter as MOSI teams up with uniThe Museum of Science and Industry's STEM team and the University of Manchester have collaborated on a series of workshops allowing children to create revolutionary gadgets.09 January 2013 -
Article: News Oldest digital computer rebooted at The National Museum of Computing in BletchleySixty-one years after it was made for an atomic research department, the "charmed life" of the 2.5-tonne Harwell Dekatron has found its latest home.21 November 2012 -
Article: News in Brief Young Scientist of the Year competition pays tribute to inventor of electric motorSixteen teenage finalists will gather at the Royal Institution to compete in a series of tasks involving electromagnetism on the 200th anniversary of Michael Faraday's invention.28 September 2012 -
Article: Preview "Unique" Google Web Lab takes power of the Internet to the Science MuseumAn eight-piece harmonious robotic orchestra and a real-time visualisation which groups and "categorises" visitors are among the highlights in a show hailing the power of the net.11 September 2012 -
Article: News Iron sculpture takes shape at Ironbridge Gorge thanks to massed effort of 75 blacksmithsA new sculpture marking the achievements of Abraham Darby is taking shape at Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire thanks to members of the British Artist Blacksmiths Association.22 August 2012 -
Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Thinktank's Clara Lim on Wacky WheelsJust edging out a Hamster Wheel, the Exhibitions Manager at the huge new Science Garden in Birmingham explains why square wheels make for a surprisingly smooth ride.19 June 2012 -
Article: Preview Thinktank Science Garden unleashes human-sized hamster wheels and elastic energyThree years in the making, the £2.8 million Science Garden opens in Birmingham as part of the first new park in the city for more than a century.08 June 2012 -
Article: News Time-chomping Midsummer Chronophage clock arrives at National Museum of ScotlandThe inventor of a giant clock, replacing numbers and hands with slits of light which tell the time every five minutes, says it could make other timekeepers "seem rather boring".30 May 2012 -
Article: News National Trust Wales aims to make beauty spots self-sufficient through hydro-electricityThe National Trust has announced more innovative power plans, galvanising abandoned copper mines, mountain rivers, farms and cottages along the way.10 April 2012 -
Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Professor Frank James of the Royal Institution chooses a Voltaic BatteryCurator's Choice: Professor Frank James, Head of Collections and Heritage at the Royal Institution, picks Alessandro Volta's Voltaic pile, made from zinc, copper and cardboard.03 February 2011 -
Article: Trail Science Centres - Cutting-Edge Entertainment All Over Britain90% of the UK population lives within two hours of a science centre so there's no excuse for not getting out there and visiting one of them!08 March 2002
