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Web Design. Similarity Principle

by David Pico Vila
Web Design. Similarity Principle
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 4019 views
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Principles of percepto applied to web design. Similarity principle

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00:42:00

Short-term Synaptic Plasticity

by Erwin Neher
Short-term Synaptic Plasticity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 7514 views
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Our brain is a network of about 10^11 neurons, which are connected via synapses. A neuron typically receives input from about 10000 other neurons, which can be either excitatory or inhibitory. The neuron integrates these inputs and generates an actio....

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Multiscale Simulations of the Functions of Biological Molecules

by Arieh Warshel
Multiscale Simulations of the Functions of Biological Molecules
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2773 views
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Despite enormous advances in structural studies of biological systems we are frequently left without a clear structure-function correlation and cannot fully describe how different systems actually work. This introduces a major challenge for computer....

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The World of Spintronics: Electrons, Spins, Computers and Telephones

by Albert Fert
The World of Spintronics: Electrons, Spins, Computers and Telephones
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1106 views
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Spintronics is a new field of research which exploits the influence of the electron spin on electronic transport. It is well known for the giant magnetoresistance of the magnetic multilayers and its application to increase the capacity of the hard d....

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The Big Challenges

by Gerardus t'Hooft
The Big Challenges
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1138 views
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During the entire 20th century, physical sciences have advanced to such a degree that we can extrapolate how they can be applied, even in a fairly distant future.  Even if we leave open the (likely) possibility of spectacular new discoveries and inv....

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Frontiers of Physics

by David Gross
Frontiers of Physics
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1544 views
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David discusses a few of the questions facing fundamental physics that might be answered before the 100th Lindau meeting in 2050.

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Mapping the Universe and Its History

by George Smoot
Mapping the Universe and Its History
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2706 views
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Using our most advanced techniques and instruments we sift through study the cosmic microwave background as a relic of the early universe to understand the events surrounding the birth and subsequent development of the Universe.  A precision inspect....

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Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat

by David Wineland
Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2221 views
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In 1935, Erwin Schrödinger, one of the inventors of quantum mechanics, illustrated his discomfort with the theory by pointing out that its extension to the macroscopic world could lead to bizarre situations such as a cat being simultaneously alive a....

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How does a transistor work?

by Jonathan Hare
How does a transistor work?
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2460 views
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A short video explaining how transistors work.  At the heart of our high-tech society with radios, mobile phones, computers and space exploration are tiny electronic components called transistors.  They have revolutionised electronics and in the pr....

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00:49:00

The History of the Web Part I: the First 20 Years

by Wendy Hall
The History of the Web Part I: the First 20 Years
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1766 views
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Join Professor Wendy Hall FRS as she speaks about the development of the World Wide Web over the past twenty years.  She is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Her research interests include the development of web technol....

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How new science is transforming the optical microscope

by Brad Amos
How new science is transforming the optical microscope
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1872 views
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There are two rules for making an optical microscope; the lenses must be small, since defects of colour and focus increase with lens size, and the lenses must capture light from the object over as wide an angle as possible to record fine detail. This....

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Programming the social computer.

by Dave Robertson
Programming the social computer.
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1882 views
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The aim of programming the global computer was identified by Robin Milner and others as one of the grand challenges of computing research. The Internet, however, has brought with it a different style of computation that operates in a style different ....

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