SciShow
Schrödinger's iPad? New Breakthroughs in Quantum Computing
Two developments in quantum computing in the past couple of weeks are the harbingers of a whole new era of smart technology. Google announced that it's building a quantum computer designed by a company called D-Wave in partnership with...
SciShow
The Manhattan Project
Some of the greatest advances in science have come from humanity's more destructive impulses. This is not the fault of science - when we discover powerful truths about the universe it's up to us to decide how to use them because they can...
Curated Video
Blue Mountain: Using Supercomputers to Predict Wildfire Behavior
This video showcases the power of the Blue Mountain supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It highlights how the computer can simulate and predict the behavior of wildfires, helping to save lives and minimize damage to forests....
Curated Video
Mapping the Living Brain: Understanding its Functions and Disorders
This video explores the complexity of the human brain and how new imaging techniques are helping neurologists and neuroscientists map and understand its functions. By detecting and analyzing the brain's magnetic fields, researchers are...
Curated Video
Exploring Ultra High Magnetic Fields: The Power of the 60 Tesla Magnet
The High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos Research Laboratory houses the most powerful magnet in the world, generating a magnetic field over a million times greater than the Earth's. This magnet is used by researchers from various...
Espresso Media
Garwin: The History of Los Alamos
Garwin part 2/11: This video explores the history of Los Alamos and its role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It highlights the isolation and secrecy of the Los Alamos Laboratory, as well as the experiences of...
Espresso Media
Garwin: The Cold War and Nuclear Deterrence
Garwin part 6/11: In this video, Richard Garwin discusses the historical context of nuclear weapons and the concept of deterrence during the Cold War. He highlights the massive number of nuclear weapons possessed by both the United...
Weird History
What Life Was Like While Working on the Manhattan Project
What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All mail was screened and sent through a fake address at...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Nevada
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: New Mexico
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Southwestern Region
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Arizona
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Texas
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Hearst Metrotone News
Military men put on goggles to observe the testing of an atomic weapon.
Military men put on goggles to observe the testing of an atomic weapon.
Bridgeman Arts
Fast Reactor Development, part three, 1964
Los Alamos. Repair crews putting on plastic suits. Large pump. CU of mechanism's action at work. Computers and datas. Control room with panels. Thermal reactor plant. 20 megawatts ceramic fuel fast reactor C4. Sodium plant.
Bridgeman Arts
Fast Reactor Development, part two, 1964
Los Alamos. Processing and re-using fuel mechanisms. Assembly. Detailed shots of the reactors. Plug seal. Shield plug. Primary Sodium pumps being raised and sealed for repair. Components removal and repairs. Inert atmosphere caisson....
Hearst Metrotone News
A sign indicates the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
A sign indicates the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Curated Video
USA: NUCLEAR SECRETS DISAPPEAR LOS ALAMOS
English/Nat
U-S Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has come under fire on Capitol Hill over the disappearance of nuclear secrets from the Los Alamos weapons laboratory in New Mexico.
Lawmakers are accusing Richardson of not carrying out...
Curated Video
US scientist comments following visit to North Korea
1. Pan from Siegfried Hecker to Senators Joe Biden and Richard Lugar
2. Hecker
3. Senators Biden and Lugar
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Siegfried Hecker, Former director of the Los Alamos, N.M., Nuclear Research laboratory:
"It certainly was...
Hearst Metrotone News
Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and U.S. General Leslie Groves talk together at an atomic test site in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and U.S. General Leslie Groves talk together at an atomic test site in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Bridgeman Arts
Fast Reactor Development, part one, 1964
Still of first fast reactor at Los Alamos in 1946 with engineers at work. Followed by images of the experimental breeder reactor One in Idaho. EBR I in 1951. EBR II and Enrico Fermi Plant. Diagrams / Animation of mechanisms and procedures.
Curated Video
Non-governmental US delegation leaves for Pyongyang
1. Wide of departure lobby at Beijing International Airport
2. Close up on notice board posting flight to Pyongyang
3. Professor John Lewis of Stanford University (left) talking to Sigfried Hecker, nuclear specialist and former director...