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01:03:00

The Long Road to the Higgs Boson – and Beyond

by John Ellis
The Long Road to the Higgs Boson – and Beyond
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 0 views
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The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERNā€™s LHC accelerator in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations was the culmination of a decades-long search that had started in 1964 with the proposal of this unique particle, a signature of the origin of the....

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00:29:00

hyperfine interactions

by Stefaan Cottenier
hyperfine interactions
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2557 views
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30-minute lecture about the physics of hyperfine interactions, and about how to calculate hyperfine interactions by the WIEN2k DFT code

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01:04:00

Communicating with light

by Polina Bayvel
Communicating with light
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1381 views
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Most of the data we generate and receive (whether emails, tweets, videos or mobile calls) are now carried by optical fibres, which use light to transmit vast quantities of information over trans-oceanic distances. The use of hundreds of wavelengths ....

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00:08:00

Longboard data analysis

by Jonathan Hare
Longboard data analysis
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1871 views
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Using a data-logger to analyse the performance of a longboard.

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00:04:00

Longboard physics

by Jonathan Hare
Longboard physics
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 6880 views
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A few (surprising?) thoughts on how the wheels on a longboard or skateboard actually move.

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00:07:00

The Longboard – speedometer

by Jonathan Hare
The Longboard – speedometer
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1991 views
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Jonathan describes his adventures with a longboard and some different methods of making a speedometer for it.

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00:05:00

The Fresnel Lens

by Jonathan Hare
The Fresnel Lens
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1474 views
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Early lighthouses used coil and wood fires before moving on to gas and then electricity powered lights.Ā  Massive improvements took place by using a lens system around the light.Ā  The development of the Fresnel lens brought what we now regard as the....

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01:00:00

A Little Light Relief

by David Phillips
A Little Light Relief
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1989 views
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Light, particularly sunlight, is believed to be good for our health. Many ancient civilisations even attributed it with mystical healing powers.Renowned for his entertaining lectures, Professor David Phillips, President of the RSC, uses his expertise....

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01:15:00

The Nuclear Debate

by Various Presenters
The Nuclear Debate
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1729 views
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New carbon targets requires reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by 50% for 2030. This house believes that it will be impossible to meet the emissions reductions required to fulfil these obligations without the use of nuclear power. Ā Taking the pr....

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00:51:00

Music, architecture and acoustics in Renaissance Venice: Recreating lost soundscapes

by Malcolm Longair
Music, architecture and acoustics in Renaissance Venice: Recreating lost soundscapes
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1817 views
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During the Renaissance in Venice, composers such as the Gabrieli and Moneverdi created some of their greatest masterpieces for performance in the great churches on festive occasions. But what would the music have sounded like, given its complexity an....

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00:58:00

The Centenary of the Discovery of Cosmic Rays: the End of the Beginning

by Arnold Wolfendale
The Centenary of the Discovery of Cosmic Rays: the End of the Beginning
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1375 views
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Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Durham, and former Astronomer Royal. In 1912, Victor Hess embarked on a perilous balloon ascent and discovered the 'Cosmic Radiation', actually a beam of atomic particles....

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01:02:00

The search for a deeper understanding of our universe at the Large Hadron Collider

by Rolf-Dieter Heuer
The search for a deeper understanding of our universe at the Large Hadron Collider
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1346 views
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With the start of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, particle physics entered a new era. The LHC will provide a deeper understanding of the universe and the insights gained could change our view of the world, and the lecture will present some o....

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00:12:00

The eye and colour vision

by Joe Wolfe
The eye and colour vision
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2421 views
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The physics of the eye, its performance and colour vision: refraction and accommodation; photoreceptors and resolution; compromises in visual performance.

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00:11:00

Geometrical optics

by Joe Wolfe
Geometrical optics
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1628 views
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On scales much bigger than the wavelength, rays explain the behaviour of interfaces, mirrors, lenses, optical instruments, including telescopes and microscopes.

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00:12:00

The nature of light

by Joe Wolfe
The nature of light
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1546 views
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White light comprises colours in the visible spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum. Speed of light. Young's experiment and waves. Quanta and photons.

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00:11:00

Human Sound

by Joe Wolfe
Human Sound
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 12 years ago | 2132 views
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Sound is produced in the larynx; filtering it in the vocal tract produces formants and phonemes. The acoustics, mechanics and some neurobiology of hearing. Pitch perception.

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00:09:00

Standing waves

by Joe Wolfe
Standing waves
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 12 years ago | 2299 views
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Reflecting waves gives standing waves, which can be resonances. Standing waves on strings and in pipes and plates.

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00:08:00

Interference and consonance

by Joe Wolfe
Interference and consonance
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 12 years ago | 1735 views
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Superposing waves with different frequencies gives beats and Tartini tones. Removing beats gives consonance. Tuning consonances gives temperament.

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00:09:00

Quantifying sound

by Joe Wolfe
Quantifying sound
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1824 views
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Frequency, amplitude, envelope and spectrum affect pitch, loudness and timbre. All are discussed and quantified here.

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00:17:00

How can we see atoms ?

by John Rodenburg
How can we see atoms ?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1672 views
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Seeing atoms using electons rather than lenses

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00:10:00

The Doppler effect

by Joe Wolfe
The Doppler effect
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2183 views
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Moving either source or receiver produces a frequency shift called the Doppler effect, which we measure and analyse.

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00:09:00

Sound

by Joe Wolfe
Sound
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1726 views
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Sound is a longitudinal wave of variations in pressure and density. We derive and measure its speed.

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00:06:00

Travelling waves II

by Joe Wolfe
Travelling waves II
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1829 views
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The wave equation and its physical origin. Power in a wave and its relation to intensity in radiation.

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00:07:00

Travelling waves I

by Joe Wolfe
Travelling waves I
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1996 views
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In an extended medium, inertia and a restoring force can lead to waves, which reflect at boundaries, either erect or inverted.

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00:09:00

Oscillations

by Joe Wolfe
Oscillations
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1608 views
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Inertia and restoring forces can, with low friction or damping, lead to oscillations and resonance. We analyse the mechanics of vibrations.

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00:12:00

Gravity

by Joe Wolfe
Gravity
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1731 views
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The inverse square law explains planetary motion - and apples falling. Newton's law, measuring G, calculating orbits.

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00:41:00

Particle Physics and the Mysteries of the Early Universe

by Cristina Lazzeron
Particle Physics and the Mysteries of the Early Universe
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1388 views
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Dr Cristina Lazzeroni, a Royal Society University Research Fellow from the University of Birmingham, reveals the secrets of the world's largest accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider and how the LHC experiments hope to answer big questions about the ....

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01:10:00

The LHC: largest experiment and smallest particles

by Tara Shears
The LHC: largest experiment and smallest particles
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1396 views
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The LHC is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. It is capable of recreating the very energetic conditions last seen in the universe a billionth of a second after the Big Bang, and allows particle physicists to study the fundamental ingr....

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00:10:00

Rotation

by Joe Wolfe
Rotation
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1481 views
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Torques produce angular acceleration, moment of inertia 'resists' it. Rotational kinetic energy and angular momentum.

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00:09:00

Sticky tape X-rays

by Carlos Camara
Sticky tape X-rays
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1557 views
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Peeling sticky tape emits energy that extends into the X-ray regime, reports a study in Nature. The research provides evidence for a phenomenon that was first observed more than 50 years ago.nnIt is well known that unwinding sticky tape produces spar....

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Dark Matter, Dark Energy

by George Smoot
Dark Matter, Dark Energy
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2843 views
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Smoot's Nobel Prize was awarded for his analysis of that whisper from the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background radiation. Today he hopes CERN's data will again transform our understanding of the universe. Young scientists Bilge Demirkoz and Benj....

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00:06:00

The Quantum Lattice

by William Phillips
The Quantum Lattice
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1615 views
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Awarded a Nobel Prize for using lasers to control and cool atoms, producing the Bose-Einstein condensation, Bill Phillips is eager to hear about new theories from young scientists like Hannah Venzl. An exciting dialogue develops between them on a boa....

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00:06:00

Fibre and Sunlight

by John Hall
Fibre and Sunlight
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1648 views
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Fine tuning the frequencies of light gave John Hall a Nobel Prize, and helped transform the fields of precision measurement and information transmission. Iris Choi and Andrei Ghicov are young scientists excited by the ways physics can change our worl....

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00:06:00

Abolishing Time?

by David Gross
Abolishing Time?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1865 views
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David Gross's Nobel Prize was for work on the 'strong' force which acts between quarks inside the atom. Now he works on string theory, hoping to understand how all the forces of nature could be united. He believes the next steps may involve throwing ....

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00:10:00

Momentum

by Joe Wolfe
Momentum
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1506 views
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p=mv. If external forces are zero, momentum is conserved. In collisions, energy may be conserved (elastic) or not (inelastic).

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00:07:00

Diffraction and Fourier Transforms

by Tega Edo
Diffraction and Fourier Transforms
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1818 views
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How we are affected by the very widespread manifesations of diffraction.

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00:10:00

Why can’t we see atoms?

by John Rodenburg
Why can’t we see atoms?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1669 views
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John talks about diffraction and the limits it puts on our ability to image atoms. Can we make an electron-microscope without lenses?

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00:08:00

Centre of mass

by Joe Wolfe
Centre of mass
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1841 views
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In finite objects, the total external force equals the total mass times the acceleration of a point called the centre of mass.

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00:06:00

Improving your Memory

by Matthew Bryan
Improving your Memory
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1305 views
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Looking at how hard disk drives can be improvedn

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00:10:00

Energy and power

by Joe Wolfe
Energy and power
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1451 views
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The total work done on an object equals the increase in its kinetic energy. For conservative forces, we can define potential energy.

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01:28:00

The Physics of Angels and Demons

by Harrison Prosper
The Physics of Angels and Demons
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1299 views
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Professor Harrison Prosper of FSU Physics Department looks at the science behind the recently released movie 'Angels and Demons', starring Tom Hanks and based upon a Dan Brown novel. Prof. Prosper discusses topics such as antimatter, dark matter, dar....

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00:10:00

Weight and contact forces

by Joe Wolfe
Weight and contact forces
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1734 views
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Carefully distinguish mass and weight. Hooke's law quantifies deformation. Contact forces have normal and frictional components.

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00:05:00

Light Beam

by Jonathan Hare
Light Beam
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1944 views
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Light is reflected off a flexible shiny surface fixed to the end of a plastic tube. When one speaks into the tubes sound vibrations pass down the tube and make the surface vibrate. The reflected light is therefore sent off from the surface in a con....

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00:04:00

Temperature and States of Matter

by John Murrell
Temperature and States of Matter
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 9779 views
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A short video explaining how to measure temperature.

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00:10:00

Measuring Temperature

by John Murrell
Measuring Temperature
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1624 views
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00:10:00

Temperature Scales

by John Murrell
Temperature Scales
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1521 views
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John Murrell explains scales and colour changes with temperature, boiling and melting,

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00:01:00

Volume Changes with Temperature

by John Murrell
Volume Changes with Temperature
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1338 views
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00:02:00

Some Materials Do Not Have Liquid Form

by John Murrell
Some Materials Do Not Have Liquid Form
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1394 views
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