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Shedding Light on the Situation

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Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
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Light is more than just light bulbs and sunshine! Researchers at the University of Oxford use different types of light to learn more about all sorts of interesting things.
To celebrate the International Year of Light we’ve taken a tiny handful of examples from across the University of Oxford to show just some of the ways light helps us see the world around us.

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Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
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Jena Meinecke
Chris Rennick
Brianna Heazlewood
Clarence Yapp
Matthew Friedman
Keywords
science
Physics
biology
chemistry
archaeology
lasers
xrays
light
infrared
fusion
absolute zero
technology
drug delivery
fossils
supernovae
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 12/04/2016
Duration: 00:02:45

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