Chemistry
Free workshops for Science and English teachers
A few places are still available at free workshops for Science and English teachers to explore the connections between science and poetry.
Axe Valley Biodiesel
Students from the Axe Valley Community College are working with the University of Exeter to create biodiesel from used vegetable oil.
Semâ Bekirovic
Semâ Bekirovic (b.1977) is a young Dutch artist whose work in installation,sculpture, photography and video explores probability and chance, and the way the human world attempts to shape and understand scientific processes.
They Might Be Giants Family Show
Here Comes Science
American alt-rockers and multi-Grammy award winners They Might be Giants perform their new album Here Comes Science and old favourites in their long-awaited return to the UK.
The Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition
Meet the minds behind some of the UK's most exciting scientific advances at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition. From machine intelligence to green energy, try out the interactive exhibits and question the expert scientists themselves about the discoveries you make.
Explore the exhibits online and plan out your visit.
Street Science
Don't miss our science buskers, out and about on the Riverside Terrace. Throughout the Festival these scientists, science communicators and entertainers perform their experiments and demonstrations, offering passers-by the chance to watch and try out the science for themselves.
Café Scientifique
Join scientists, artists and writers to discuss the interesting, the unusual or provocative in the past, present and future of science, culture and us, over a cup of coffee or drink.
Nanoscale science: a giant leap for mankind
Researchers from central London are working on using nanotechnology to make advances in healthcare.
Liquid crystals: living cells and flat screen TVs
A number of UK research groups are studying liquid crystals to develop new materials and also new ideas for future liquid crystal applications.