All Exhibits

Accelerators everywhere: from the Big Bang to curing cancer

Researchers from several institutions are investigating how to improve and optimise performance of particle accelerators.

Artist placement: Leah Newman

During the Summer Science Exhibition, the Royal Society Library is hosting an artist. Inspired by the vast numbers of drawings, diagrams and...

Behind the scenes at the Evolution MegaLab

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin, researchers are conducting the largest evolutionary survey undertaken in a wild species....

Can what happens in the womb last a lifetime?

Researchers at Imperial College London are studying the effects of a pregnant woman's emotional state on her developing fetus. ...

Chasing cancer with a flash of light

Researchers at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London are developing new optical techniques, to locate and assess a key lymph node...

Designs for Life

Designs for Life is an innovative fusion of science and art resulting from a collaboration between The Oxford Trust, Diamond Light Source and the...

Do you feel like a vet?

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have developed a series of unique virtual reality simulators using touch technology. The simulators...

Domestic science: Victorian naturalists at home

Not all scientists need expensive laboratories and complicated equipment! In the 19th century many scientists, including Charles Darwin, conducted...

Exhibition extra: Particle physics and the mysteries of the early Universe

In this interactive presentation, Dr Cristina Lazzeroni, a Royal Society University Research Fellow from the University of Birmingham, will reveal...

Exhibition extra: Testtube tv

Throughout the exhibition Testtube TV asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the...

Fishing for clues: why medical researchers are glowing with excitement

Researchers from the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield are using genetically modified zebrafish...

From fossils to photography: Victorian science

In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, his groundbreaking work on evolution by natural selection. The idea has been...

From the oldest light to the youngest stars: the Herschel and Planck Missions

Researchers at seven UK institutions are working with the European Space Agency and other international partners on the Herschel and Planck...

Holey rocks

Researchers from Loughborough University and the University of Southampton are studying how zeolites, or 'holey rocks'  can be developed and...