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The Amelia Earhart vanishing gets nuclear treatment
Scientists at Penn State University are using their nuclear reactor to analyze an old metal sheet found in the area where Earhart vanished.
NASA
NASA's NICER Tests Matter's Limits
Matter in the hearts of neutron stars – dense remnants of exploded massive stars – takes the most extreme form we can measure. Now, thanks to data from NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope on the...
NASA
Hubble Tracks Origins Of Energy Blasts
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extraordinary events that generate as much energy in a thousandth of a second as the Sun does in an entire year! Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief,...
NASA
NASA | LEND: The Lunar Neutron Counter
How would you find water on the Moon? NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has a unique idea: Count the neutrons coming from the Moon!
NASA
NASA | SEXTANT: Navigating by Cosmic Beacon
SEXTANT: Navigating by Cosmic Beacon Imagine a technology that would allow space travelers to transmit gigabytes of data per second over interplanetary distances or to navigate to Mars and beyond using powerful beams of light emanating...
Curated Video
What Is The Smallest Particle We Know?
We have built beautiful particle accelerators in the search for particles that are even more elementary than electrons, protons, and neutrons. The accelerators smash subatomic particles at enormous speeds, which causes them to shatter...
Curated Video
Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Power Stations
This video is a lecture on nuclear fission and how nuclear power stations utilize it to produce energy. The video explains the concept of fission, the materials used for fission, and how the reaction occurs. The video also covers the...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Working Outside the Vault: Making Neutrons Better at Analyzing Materials
Improvements at the NIST Center for Neutron Research will allow the interferometer to be placed in a smaller housing, permitting research to be done faster and with less interference from the environment.
Vlogbrothers
What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl
This video was so dang fun to research, which, of course, I feel super guilty about because, like, real people died. But, after watching the HBO miniseries, I knew there was more to the science of this. I've also heard a lot of stuff...
FuseSchool
Isotopes
Isotopes | Matter | Physics | FuseSchool The periodic table divides the world into just over one hundred elements, sorted by their chemical properties. But did you know that each kind of atom is made up of a different combination of...
FuseSchool
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fission In a nuclear reactor the controlled slow release of energy is used to heat up a closed loop of coolant which passes to heat exchangers which then boil water to provide steam to turn electrical generators. The output of...
Curated Video
Nuclear Fission and Fusion: Release of Energy from Atomic Nuclei
The video explains two processes involving atomic nuclei that release large amounts of energy - nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. The video explains how uranium 235 can be made to undergo nuclear fission and also discusses the concept...
FuseSchool
CHEMISTRY - Matter - Parts of an Atom
Parts Of An Atom | Properties of Matter | Chemistry | FuseSchool Learn about the parts of an atom, their mass, and their charge, in this video from the Properties of Matter chapter FuseSchool Chemistry.
Science360
My STEM Spark
NSF Director France Córdova shares her STEM spark moment. Visit the Director's blog for the full post: https://t.co/BaV2UOxrvt
Curated Video
Introduction to Radioactivity and Types of Radiation
This is a educational video that explains the concept of radioactivity in atoms. The video covers three types of radiation that are emitted by unstable atomic nuclei to become more stable - alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma...
FuseSchool
Properties of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature, and is the first element in the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol H, but is usually found as a diatomic molecule of H2. It reacts with oxygen to form water. Hydrogen is a colourless,...
msvgo
Structure of an Atom: Thomson's Model of an Atom
It explains the structure of an atom and talks about Thomson’s model of an atom.
Curated Video
Atomic Structure: Understanding the Components and Properties of Atoms
This video is about atomic structure and covers the three particles that make up an atom - protons, neutrons, and electrons. The video discusses their properties, such as charge and relative mass, and where they are located within the...
msvgo
Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus
This nugget describes the nucleus of an atom. It talks about the various aspects of a nucleus like atomic number, atomic mass unit, isotopes and isobars, with examples.
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Review of Electrostatics
Review of the Electrostatics topics covered in the AP Physics 1 curriculum.
Curated Video
Introduction to Nuclear Fusion
The video is a lecture on the topic of nuclear fusion, which involves the combination of two small nuclei to form one larger nucleus. The lecturer compares nuclear fusion with nuclear fission, which is the splitting of a nucleus into two...
Professor Dave Explains
Electric Charge and Electric Fields
What's the deal with electricity? Benjamin Franklin flies a kite one day and then all of a sudden you can charge your phone? There's a gap in conceptual understanding! Let's figure out what electricity is, exactly, and how it works.
DoodleScience
Nuclear Fission and Fusion _ GCSE Physics
Doodle Science teaches you high school physics in a less boring way in almost no time! GCSE Science
Curated Video
Harnessing the Energy of Atoms with Nuclear Power
Understand the basics of nuclear power, including how it is generated through the process of fission in uranium atoms. This video highlights the use of neutrons and control rods to create a chain reaction, which ultimately produces...