<p>This week you find us in a fine art gallery, with a hyperspectral camera and dodgy art dealer. We’re doing a bit of detective work to find out how spectral fingerprints can help spot a counterfeit painting. </p>

This week you find us in a fine art gallery, with a hyperspectral camera and dodgy art dealer. We’re doing a bit of detective work to find out how spectral fingerprints can help spot a counterfeit painting.

150: Photonics - How physics foils fine art forgers

Join us for this two-minute podcast where we explore a different scientific concept each week.  

Did you know that a Scottish mountain helped measure the weight of the Earth, or that octopuses are amazing escape artists? Discover what it was like for cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to be the first to launch into space and listen to some inspiring stories from people working in science today. What else will you discover with a Spark of Science?  

Get in touch on twitter @gsc1 or visit https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/the-spark-magazine

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Join us for this two-minute podcast where we explore a different scientific concept each week. Did you know that a Scottish mountain helped measure the weight of the Earth, or that octopuses are amazing escape artists? Discover what it was like for cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to be the first to launch into space and listen to some inspiring stories from people working in science today. What else will you discover with a Spark of Science? Get in touch on twitter @gsc1 or visit https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/the-spark-magazine

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