Chernobyl disaster | Inside Chernobyl’s Mega Tomb

03: Off the Scale | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

Richard Hammond explores the miniature universe around us, from microscopic changes to ice crystals that can trigger a...

History of the Atom: From Rutherfor to Bohr | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Spec references J248: C1.2a J250: C1.2a. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains the history of the ato...

02: Out of Sight | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

Richard Hammond uses groundbreaking imaging technology to take the viewer on a journey of discovery beyond the visible ...

Alpha particles | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Rutherford stated the fact that most alpha particles go straight through foil is evidence for the atom being mostly empty spa...

02: Marie Curie's Radium | The Six Experiments That Changed The World

From Galileo to Einstein, from Faraday to Mendel: modern scientists try to recreate the seminal experim...

Albert Einstein | Icons

Einstein was a physicist who rewrote the rules of the universe. Hounded from his native Germany by the Nazis and fearful of what they were capable of...

An Alpha, Beta and Gamma of Radioactivity | Short Circuit

Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.

Electricity and the Atomic scale | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili explores how Ernest Rutherford's work on the atom revealed what electricity was on ...

Half-life | Short Circuit

Spec references J249: P6.1j, P6.2b J250: P4.3j. Explanation and animation - Nuclear decay is random. Half-life.

Nuclear radiation - what are alpha, beta and gamma radiation? | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P6.1d J250: P4.3d. Animation and explanation of alpha, beta and gamma ...

Radioactivity | Curriculum Bites

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

The big bang and the creation of hydrogen and helium | Atom

George Gamow believed that helium existed in the universe before the sun and the stars were formed.

The discovery of nuclear fission | Atom

Scientists in the 1930's toyed with neutrons colliding with nucleai and were excited at the thought that such experiments could creat...

The strong nuclear force | Atom

Like a magnet, protons will repel each other, however, as soon as they are close enough they will stick together.

Types of nuclear radiation | Short Circuit

An explanation of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.

02: What is the World Made Of? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science. Here, he looks at how atomic theories and...

Chemical weapons | Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

Introducing the idea of chemical and biological weapons, leading onto pathogens.

Discovery of the Neutron | Atom

Spec references J248: C1.2d, C1.2e J250: C1.2d, C1.2e. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains how James Chadwick discovered the neutron. This solv...

Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He...

Lab demonstration of alpha beta gamma penetration properties. | Short Circuit

Spec references J249: P6.1l J250: P4.3l. Laboratory demonstration of the penetration propertie...