Sixty Symbols explains how scientists can create toggle switches made from just two atoms. Best YT comment: Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" Prof Moriarty shouted "Yes! Flipped. F**k!"

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Researcher Ceri Brenner uses the Vulcan laser, a Petawatt Laser at the STFC's Central Laser Facility to create tiny balls of plasma for physics research. Relax and enjoy an education in laser based physics... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,299 views • 5:39

The twins paradox, muons and special relativity are among the issues in this video about the symbol gamma, which can represent the Lorentz factor.

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,704 views • 5:35

The Sixty Symbols group are asked what confuses them.

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The scientists of Sixty Symbols discuss the four fundamental forces - gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong - for Valentine's Day.

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Professor Merrifield, one of the regularly featured guests of the Sixty Symbols videos discusses why he has an Atlas of Creation on his bookshelf. Apparently the book is the cause of lots of comments with... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,620 views • 1:34

Professor Merrifield discusses right ascension and declination, axial precession and how those topics came up in the shift in Astrology.

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From YT: Sixty Symbols regular Professor Phil Moriarty discusses transparent glass and the so-called energy gap.

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Responding to more viewer questions, the Sixty Symbols experts reveal their scientific heroes.

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Thomas Young is best known to us today for the double slit experiment that showed light behaves like a wave. He also did some important, if a bit "was he insane?!" experiments about how the eye works... ... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 11 months ago • 1,876 views • 6:23

Sixty Symbols talks about one of their symbols, Λ (lambda), the Cosmological Constant.

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News about antihydrogen being "trapped" at CERN has prompted this video into the topic.~YT

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The Sixty Symbols team takes in some snow and writes Merry Christmas on one of the flakes.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 1,290 views

Sixty Symbols talks about Tycho Brahe, one of the more interesting scientists they have talked about. The story goes that he got a bladder infection by not going to the toilet in time, but he also had... continue reading

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Neutrinos - Sixty Symbols

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Another 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

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The Sixty Symbols team talks about what happens when black holes collide. Then they discuss sunsets and if they enjoy it just for the beauty of it, or if they are thinking about the science of it when... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 1 month ago • 2,248 views

The 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 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 2,203 views

From YT: It's the most famous science equation in history... but E=mc² is not technically correct.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 5,255 views

Ok, I admit it. Nerd crush on Prof Moriarty.

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