The Big Squeeze - putting materials under pressure (evening talk)

24 June 2011, Didcot, United Kingdom

Introduction

Join us on a voyage to explore the weird and wonderful world of high pressure! This demonstration lecture will show research into the effects of very high pressures on a range of materials. Find out how high pressures can be used to produce new types of ice, help us understand explosives, learn more about new superconductors and even be used to make new medicines.