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Explainer: What is the Higgs Boson?

12th - Higher Ed
In 2012, scientists working at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva proved the existence of the Higgs boson particle, the “visible manifestation of the Higgs field.” <b<br/>r/>

Instructional Video1:09
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CERN discovers first-ever type of exotic quark particle: study

12th - Higher Ed
A team of scientists made the first-ever sighting of an exotic particle by using the Large Hadron Collider at Europe’s CERN.
Instructional Video1:06
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Scientists find evidence for Higgs boson

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists at the CERN research center believe they have found the so-called "God Particle," the Higgs boson, so named because it gives other subatomic particle their mass. The Higgs boson has been theorized for decades but never...
Instructional Video0:54
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CERN approves proposal for €21 billion successor to Large Hadron Collider

12th - Higher Ed
On June 19, the CERN Council in Geneva Switzerland approved the construction of a new 100-kilometer circular supercollider called the Future Circular Collider.
Instructional Video4:58
Curated Video

Higgs Boson (The God Particle) and Higgs Field Explained in Simple Words

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Higgs boson is a wave, ripple or disturbance in an invisible, all-permeating field called the Higgs field. In the year 1964, Peter Higgs, François Englert and four other scientists proposed a rather unique idea to explain why certain...
Instructional Video1:03
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CERN unveils proposal to build new bigger and more powerful particle accelerator.

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers at CERN revealed a conceptual plan for a new particle accelerator called the Future Circular Collider, or FCC.
Instructional Video1:02
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CERN Large Hadron Collider: How it works

12th - Higher Ed
Based on tests conducted at the Large Hadron Collider on the French-Swiss border, scientists at the CERN research center believe they have found the so-called "God Particle," the Higgs boson, so named because it gives other subatomic...
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Physics Girl

The ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE

9th - 12th
How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? The Rayleigh-Jeans catastrophe, also known as the ultraviolet catastrophe was a prediction by the Rayleigh-Jeans law that a blackbody would radiate infinite amounts of...
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Professor Dave Explains

The Standard Model of Particle Physics

9th - Higher Ed
Once you start learning about modern physics, you start to hear about weird particles like quarks and muons and neutrinos. What are all these things? Why are there so many? How do we know they exist? What do they do? Within lies the...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Dis Cern This: Large Hadron Rap

9th - 10th
An original rap about the Large Hadron Collider--don't miss it. Brought to you by Will Barras, who was a Ph.D. student in the department of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh and science writer (and rapper)...
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Colliding Particles: Hunting the Higgs

9th - 10th
An episode from a documentary series that follows a team of physicists conducting research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. [5:29]
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Other

See Qvideo: Higgs Boson: Explained the Easy Way!

9th - 10th
You've all heard about Higgs Boson. But what exactly is all the fuss about? We'll explain.
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Cern: The Time Machine: The Lhc Adventure Is a Journey Through Time

9th - 10th
How is CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) a time machine? View this video introduction to the LHC and its role in helping us understand the universe's origins fifteen billion years ago. [11:00]
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University of Nottingham

Perodic Table of Videos: Helium at the Large Hadron Collider

9th - 10th
Chemistry professor explains the role of helium in the function of the Large Hadron Collider. [4:10]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Large Hadron Collider Set to Start Up

9th - 10th
The massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN is just a few weeks away from startup. The particle accelerator has passed several key performance tests, and is on track to send the first beam of particles through the ring of the accelerator...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Amir Aczel Looks at the Lhc

9th - 10th
Hear the story of the world's largest science experiment! At the CERN, scientist are trying to recreate the big bang with their Large Hadron Collider. [20 min, 5 secs]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Trouble at the Large Hadron Collider

9th - 10th
A breakdown in a magnet system during testing of the Large Hadron Collider last week may have the massive physics experiment off-line until next year. We'll find out what went wrong, and why it may take months to start up the LHC again.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Lhc Returns to Service

9th - 10th
CERN's Large Hadron Collider has been restarted following a long repair period. This week, the particle collider passed Fermilab's Tevatron in beam energy, making it the most powerful accelerator in the world. We'll get an update.
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Cern: Superconducting Magnets

9th - 10th
This video explains how the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) utilizes superconducting magnets to accelerate and collide protons. Video must be downloaded; various formats are available. [23:00]