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Hawking Radiation Explained: What Exactly Was Stephen Hawking Famous For?
Hawking radiation was first discovered by English scientist Stephen Hawking in 1974. Prior to this discovery, our knowledge of black holes was very limited. It was believed that black holes were completely black and that they did not...
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Quantum Physics: Here’s Why Movies Always Get It Wrong
Quantum physics deals with the foundation of our world – the electrons in an atom, the protons inside the nucleus, the quarks that build those protons, and the photons that we perceive as light. These constitute everything that we are...
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Understanding Specific Latent Heat and Change of State in Substances
This video is a lecture on specific latent heat, which looks at the energy absorbed or emitted by a substance as it changes states (solid, liquid, or gas). The lecture discusses two equations that can be used to calculate the amount of...
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Dark Matter Detection with XENON100
Dark matter has so far foiled most means of detection, but researchers are continuing to pursue its mysteries. They're using the most sensitive detector yet, called XENON100, to try to glimpse the particles. See how it works in this...
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Understanding the Basics of Electricity
This video provides a basic understanding of electricity, explaining how it is generated and how it powers our everyday appliances and devices. Explore the fundamental particles that make up matter and how electrons flow to create...
Flipping Physics
What are the Equations for Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum of a Point Particle Moving in a Circle?
When a point particle is moving along a circle, should we use the translational or rotational kinetic energy equation? Should we use the point particle or rigid object with shape equation for angular momentum? The equations are also...
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Italy, Tivoli - Hadrian's Villa
The villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor Hadrian during the second and third decades of the 2nd century AD. Hadrian is said to have disliked the palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome,...
Flipping Physics
Are Linear and Angular Momentum Conserved during this Collision?
When a point particle collides with a rigid object with shape which is allowed to rotate on a stationary axis, is linear momentum of the system conserved? Is angular momentum of the system conserved? These questions are answered using...
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Water Smart: Water in the Air - Rain
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Physics Girl
The black hole death problem
Black holes are not as black as we once thought. They are theorized to die a slow death by evaporation, emitting energy known as Hawking radiation. But the mechanism for evaporation is not well understood. Then again, no one has ever...
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Biophotonics poised to make major breakthroughs in medicine
Imagine having the ability to manipulate light waves in order to see through a skull right into the brain, or being able to use lasers to diagnose a bacterial infection in a matter of minutes. At the Center for Biophotonic Sensors and...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Science of Snow
Snow is an essential part of the 2014 Olympics. How it's formed and how it reacts has been studied by scientists for centuries and continues to this day. Sarah Konrad, a former Winter Olympian who is also a glaciologist at the University...
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Water Smart: Water in the Air - Clouds
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Weatherthings
Contrails
A fun music video featuring airplane condensation trails, also known as vapor trails. These common man-made clouds form behind high-flying aircraft as skinny lines but then they may spread out to merge with natural cirrus clouds.
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: What Is Electric Charge?
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
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Drinking bottled water could be bad for your health
Drinking bottled water could be bad for your health, after a CBC Marketplace investigation found that many Canadian bottled water brands contain microplastics. Those microplastics can enter a human's bloodstream and stay there, however...
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Some Canadian bottled water test positive for microplastics
A CBC Marketplace investigation found that many Canadian bottled water brands contain microplastics. Those microplastics can enter a human's bloodstream and stay there, however the potential impact on people hasn't been studied.
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Scientists sound off after levitating ants breakthrough
Scientists in England have harnessed the power of sound to levitate small objects — a development that could lead to medical advances. Researchers at the University of Bristol have used ‘acoustic tractor beams’ to suspend items in the...
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Shanghai’s TechCrunch showcases vast range of new products
Shanghai has hosted the TechCrunch fair, which gathers hi-tech developers, engineers and designers. The Chinese event is an opportunity to look at the future of technological applications in different fields, such as logistics,...
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India likely to hand two debuts in first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test vs Australia in Perth
India likely to hand two debuts in first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test vs Australia in Perth
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Periodic Table Of Elements - Loopable black version
Construction of the Periodic Table of elements.
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Neon atom. Diagram of an atom of the element neon, showing the central nucleus surrounded by electron orbitals.
Neon is the tenth element, and has ten protons (red) in its nucleus, along with ten neutrons (blue). Neon has ten electrons, and each of its orbitals can hold a maximum of two. Orbitals are filled from the lowest energy (nearest the...
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Periodic Table Of Elements - Loopable White version
Construction of the Periodic Table of elements.
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Fiber optics Focus - Seamless
closeup of fiber optics, abstract ideal as design background specially for technology and science concepts.. available also as stills.