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Love these vids; I learn something every time. Simply put, Sir Martyn Poliakoff explains every bit of the catalytic reaction of breaking the bonds within the Hydrogen Peroxide molecule, to somewhat dramatic... continue reading
posted by oblio70 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 153 views • 8:08Discussing chemical weapons, including Sarin and Mustard Gas. Featuring professors Rob Stockman and Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
posted by radx 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 676 views • 12:52YouTube Description: French numbers can pose problems for non-native speaker - especially when you move beyond 70. Also discussing problems with phone numbers and commas!Featuring Dr Paul Smith from... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 469 views • 9:56YouTube Description: Firing a (very old) musket and filming with a (very new) high-speed camera. With thanks to Jim Gamble. Also discussed by Professor Martyn Poliakoff. Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221185953... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 296 views • 7:32Just what is the Higgs Boson? Sixty Symbols explains in this video from last year. After the news of 4 July 2012, they did a new video to talk about the likely discovery of the Higgs Boson: http://videosift.com/video/Is... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,584 views • 12:45Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 1 year 10 months ago • 985 views • 14:47The lucky number "sieve" was developed by the legendary Stanislaw Ulam, who was born and died on the 13th of the month (lucky number) at the age of 75 (lucky number)... and his birth year of 1909 saw the... continue reading
posted by renatojj 1 decade 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 920 views • 2:50Charles Darwin is the favourite scientist of Chris Smillie, a senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management at Nottingham Trent University
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 1 month ago • 1,027 views • 4:06From YT: We discuss the number 16 - a perfect square - and how sitting at table 16 led to something bigger for Matt Parker. In this video is Dr Ria Symonds from the University of Nottingham. And... continue reading
posted by Skeeve 1 decade 2 years 5 months ago • 1,059 views • 5:35Sixty Symbols is in Australia talking to one of the former Nottingham members and amateur astronomer Paul Haese about the Southern night skies.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 825 views • 5:21Another in the My Favourite Scientist series by the guy who does the Sixty Symbols videos. Rob Morris from Nottingham Trent Universit talks about his favorite scientist, Michael Faraday and about a lot... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,792 viewsThe film-maker who makes the Sixty Symbols videos, the Periodic Table of Videos among others, has another series about Nottingham's favorite scientists. The scientist featured this time up is Richard Feynman.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 2,203 viewsOk, I admit it. Nerd crush on Prof Moriarty.
posted by berticus 1 decade 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 879 viewsThe Nottingham professors are back with a short video about the planet Neptune. Learn how it was discovered in a new way, its moon Tritan, that orbits in an interesting way, and how the rings of Neptune... continue reading
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