Higgs Boson - Sixty Symbols


Our slightly belated video about the Higgs Boson. A (very much) extended version of these interviews has been posted at our nottinghamscience channel - www.youtube.com This video features Ed Copeland, Roger Bowley and Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran


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Vortex Nitron - Sixty Symbols


Just a bit of fun for Christmas - we "physics review" one of this year's hot Christmas gifts. No product endorsement (in fact it looks a bit "naff" we reckon)... Just talking a bit of festive physics. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran


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Neutrinos faster than light - Sixty Symbols


Discussing recent results suggesting neutrinos may be traveling "faster than light". Read the paper at arxiv.org Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 - Sixty Symbols


We discuss Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov's winning of the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics from work on graphene. More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Isaac Newton - Sixty Symbols


Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's greatest scientists. But what was he like as a man? More from Sixty Symbols at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Schrödinger's Cat - Sixty Symbols


Schrödinger's cat is an icon of modern physics - but what is it exactly? More physics and astronomy videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Guinness Science - Sixty Symbols


Strange bubbles and foam are part of the allure of Guinness - at least when you discuss it with an Irish physicist. Sixty Symbols is in Dublin discussing the nation's much-loved beverage. Link to the waves paper: www.chem.ed.ac.uk


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Wormholes & Portal 2 - Sixty Symbols


We discuss wormholes and the new computer game called Portal 2. More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Chaos and Butterfly Effect - Sixty Symbols


The butterfly effect is associated with the unpredictable world of chaos... Two of our physicists have a chat about it. They are Laurence Eaves and Mark Fromhold. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Physics Nobel Prize 2011 - Sixty Symbols


Studying supernovae and the accelerating universe - and a bet over a bottle of whisky. It's our take on the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, won by Saul Perlmutter, Brian P Schmidt and Adam G Riess. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Wobbly Earth - Sixty Symbols


Axial precession is the reason the Earth's axis has a long-term but quite dramatic "wobble", as explained here by Roger Bowley and Mike Merrifield. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Ghost Particles (for Halloween) - Sixty Symbols


More mind-mending particle physics from the guys at the University of Nottingham. Happy Halloween? Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Putting your hand in the Large Hadron Collider...


More answers to questions from Sixty Symbols viewers, covering the LHC, exploding stars and galaxies made of anti-matter. Part One is at www.youtube.com


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Coupled Pendulums - Sixty Symbols


Coupled Oscillators, or pendulums, are demonstrated by Professor Roger Bowley as part of little Easter series. He's using creme eggs, of course. More eggsperiemnts at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Hanny's Voorwerp - Sixty Symbols


A mysterious object (with an equally mysterious name) may have been revealed by a strange "light echo" in deepest space. More videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Uranus - Sixty Symbols


Yes, it has a funny name. But its name is not the only odd thing about Uranus. All our physics and astronomy videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Why is glass transparent?


Sixty Symbols regular Professor Phil Moriarty discusses transparent glass and the so-called energy gap. PS MESSAGE FROM PROF MORIARTY: "I misspoke for the last sentence of the video. What I meant to say is that the photons don't have enough energy to excite electrons across the energy gap and therefore light is transmitted. What I said was precisely the opposite, contradicting everything else in the video. Apologies for any confusion caused." More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Drinking Bird - Sixty Symbols


Find out why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Hearts in Space - Sixty Symbols


Heart-shaped astronomical objects to mark Valentine's Day. We also look at Carl Sagan's pale blue dot. More at www.sixtysymbols.com Take a closer look at some of these images at www.flickr.com


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Southern Skies and Southern Cross - Sixty Symbols


We're in Australia discussing the view of the night sky from down south. Talking with amateur astronomer Paul Haese, based in South Australia, and former Sixty Symbols regular Dr Amanda Bauer, who is now working in Sydney. Extra interview footage at www.youtube.com Our thanks to the following astrophotographers who allowed us to use their images: Paul Haese paulhaese.net Phil Hart www.philhart.com Fred Espenak www.mreclipse.com We discuss the southern cross (crux) and Magellanic Clouds, among other features. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran


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The Sixth Dimension - Sixty Symbols


Continuing a week of egg-themed physics (for Easter 2011), Professor Egg Copeland discusses a theory which relates to the cosmological constant. More egg physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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A Magic Number - Sixty Symbols


It's a tricky concept linked to chaos, but the Feigenbaum Constant is a special number which appears everywhere in nature. More symbols at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Spherical Electron - Sixty Symbols


Electrons are the most spherical objects in the universe, according to recent reports. Professor Ed Copeland discusses what this all means. Extra footage from this interview can be found on our nottinghamscience channel at www.youtube.com Sixty Symbols videos at www.sixtysymbols.com And we're on Twiiter at twitter.com and Facebook at www.facebook.com


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Capturing Saturn - Sixty Symbols


We meet Australian astronomy photographer Paul Haese at Clayton Bay, near Adelaide. See Paul's work at paulhaese.net He was recently named runner-up in the solar system category of Astronomy Photographer of the Year for an image he captured of Saturn. You can also see the winner at www.nmm.ac.uk Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com


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Star Classification - Sixty Symbols


The Sun is designated as a "G2V" star. What does that mean? More physics and astronomy at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Antihydrogen - Sixty Symbols


News about antihydrogen being "trapped" at CERN has prompted this video into the topic. More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Solstice and Equinox - Sixty Symbols


Summer solstice, equinox, Stonehenge and strange movements of the sun. Sixty Symbols tracks the sun's passage through the sky. More physics and astronomy at www.sixtysymbols.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com And Facebook at www.facebook.com


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Mirages - Sixty Symbols


What causes mirages? More physics explained at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Witches in Space - Sixty Symbols


Image credits below... For Halloween we look at a couple of "witch" objects in space. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com Images used with permission and our thanks Philip Perkins www.astrocruise.com Rogelio Bernal Andreo blog.deepskycolors.com Joaquin Ferreiros www.telefonica.net Radek Kyml astrofoto.kyml.cz Michael Siniscalchi helixgate.net Michael Fulbright msfastro.net Bob and Janice Fera www.feraphotography.com


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Volcanic Ash and Jet Engines - Sixty Symbols


With UK airspace closed due to a plume of volcanic ash, we ask an aerospace expert what the problem is all about? More science videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Saturn - Sixty Symbols


We take a look at Saturn and news that it has another ring. More astronomy and planets at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Planck's Constant - Sixty Symbols


This is one of the most important numbers in physics and is "unimaginably small" - or does it just seems small? More symbols explained at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Yuri Gagarin and Orbits - Sixty Symbols


As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, we look at some of the science behind an orbit. More physics and astronomy at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Gravity - Sixty Symbols


What is the difference between big "G" and little "g"... And what is gravitational lensing? More physics and astronomy at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Polarisation - Sixty Symbols


The strange world of electromagnetic waves! More videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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The Shrinking Proton - Sixty Symbols


The proton may be smaller than we thought. Our experts explain why this could be a really big deal for physics. More videos at www.sixtysymbols.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com Or on Facebook at www.facebook.com


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Hammer and Spark - Sixty Symbols


We're in Dublin discussing Ireland's only science Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Walton, known as ETS to his colleagues. One of those colleagues, Iggy McGovern, penned a poem about Walton called Hammer and Spark. Video also features Sixty Symbols regular (and Irishman) Professor Phil Moriarty. Visit our website at www.sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com And Twitter at twitter.com Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran


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Infinity - Sixty Symbols


It's a concept which intrigues mathematicians, but scientists aren't so keen on it. More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Black Holes - Sixty Symbols


Crushing the Earth into a Black Hole and looking into the core of the Milky Way. More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Pi - Sixty Symbols


It's more of a maths symbol, but crucial to physics too... So by popular demand, we've had a look at pi (but in Professor Eaves' unique way). More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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de Broglie Waves - Sixty Symbols


The strange world of de Broglie waves and particles. More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Entropy - Sixty Symbols


Broken vases, cups of tea and a scientist's tombstone - welcome to the world of entropy. More phsyics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Hall Effect - Sixty Symbols


Professor Bowley is back in the lab explaining the Hall Effect, which involves electric current and magnetic fields. More physics videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Imaginary Number - Sixty Symbols


Whether you call it "i" or "j", this is one symbol which is hard to fathom. More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Kelvin - Sixty Symbols


The Kelvin temperature scale is linked to the concept of absolute zero. More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Neutrinos - Sixty Symbols


Billions of these mysterious particles are blasted down from the sun and pass through our bodies undetected. More videos at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Big Numbers - Sixty Symbols


Some seriously big numbers. We start with a trillion and then move to Avogadros Number - but they are small compared with what comes next. More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Eggs MRI - Sixty Symbols


Cadbury Creme Eggs and real eggs are MRI scanned for this special Easter video. Sir Peter Mansfield developed a lot of MRI technology at The University of Nottingham, where Sixty Symbols is filmed. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work. Professor Richard Bowtell explains the technology in this video. More Easter Egg science at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Brazil Nut Effect - Sixty Symbols


Ever notice how larger objects (like Brazil nuts) end up at the top of your cereal packet!? Physics can explain this. More at www.sixtysymbols.com


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Quarks - Sixty Symbols


They are fundamental building blocks of the universe - but quarks were nearly called "aces" or "partons". More physics at www.sixtysymbols.com


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