Map that Campus XV

OK here is this week's mystery campus:

i-bbe2fa69db037db70f7d624b211b2d31-campus15.jpg

Hint:
Looking for the nugget in gold.

If you know the place or the event, leave a comment.

More like this

OK I've been prodded into this. Here's this week's campus: hint: Where is it? If you know what they are looking for and why they are looking here (and not ... let's say there), leave a comment.
Over the past month, many have asked me to reinstate this Friday feature. So after a 6 month hiatus, I present to you this week's mystery campus: hint: One might think of an answer But is it true? Trying to disprove it Is all that's left to do. If this makes any sense to you, leave a comment. If…
As we correct for the earth's rotation by adding a leap day, I'll add an extra campus to this week's edition of Map That Campus. (Yes two for the price of one!) Here's the first mystery campus: And below the fold is the second mystery campus: hint: Even Possibilities unseen require Some…
I suppose it's that time of the week. Without further delay I present today's mystery campus: Click here for a larger version. And the hint: Little Droplet of Lard How to get in? It'll take a tag-team effort! Know what any of this means? Or the identity of the mystery campus? Well then leave a…

Once again, it is not Northwestern.

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider smashes gold nuclei, but that doesn't look like Brookhaven National Lab.

By somnilista, FCD (not verified) on 15 Sep 2006 #permalink

The University of Manchester is where Ernest Rutherford fired alpha particles at a thin piece of gold foil to probe atomic structure, is it not?

Once again it is NOT Northwestern...

Looking for nuggets in gold? Colorado or Notre Dame! Is that Touchdown Jesus I see? No! It's Charley Weiss, who has been eating good lately... No, it's the Good year Blimp, hovering over Notre dame Stadium, ready to bring us the Michigan - ND game Saturday.

"Golden rice was created by Ingo Potrykus of the Institute of Plant Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, working with Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg."

By somnilista, FCD (not verified) on 15 Sep 2006 #permalink

A while back I promissed not to post the answer before the weekend. Well it's Saturday mornning and let's see ... kc wrote:

The University of Manchester is where Ernest Rutherford fired alpha particles at a thin piece of gold foil to probe atomic structure

Exactly. The discovery of the nucleus. Special recognition to somnilista, FCD for creativity.

It's the shotgun approach. It works great for genome sequencing as well.

By somnilista, FCD (not verified) on 16 Sep 2006 #permalink