Curated Video
Understanding the Atom
A video entitled “Understanding the Atom” which introduces the atom and atomic structure before discussing how atoms are studied and classified.
Hip Hughes History
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The decision to drop the Atomic bomb in Japan to end WWII are controversial to this day. Explore the decision that Harry Truman had to make and then make up your own mind.
Hip Hughes History
Detente Explained: US History Review
A short yet fun and informative video review of the period of Detente that existed between the US and China and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Hip Hughes History
The Korean "War" Explained: US History Review
There is a reason why its called the "Forgotten War", because most people have no clue about the basics. Let HipHughes grease up your frontal cortex and then slide down the hill of learning going through the basic causes and fundamentals...
Curated Video
Attempts of Elements Classification | summary
Attempts of Elements Classification | summary
Dom Burgess
How Do Atomic Clocks Work?
We take lots of things for granted in this world; GPS, the internet and of course particle accelerators (well, maybe not particle accelerators!). However, none of these things would be possible without atomic clocks. In this video Dom...
FuseSchool
CHEMISTRY - Matter - Structure and Bonding of Elements & Compounds (part 1)
NOTE: animation error at 2:40 - the periodic table is supposed to be twisted clockwise, and not like it is shown in the video. The twisting enables the element Cs to appear on the extreme left and the element F to appear on the right. In...
Professor Dave Explains
Overview of Geologic Structures Part 1: Rock Deformation, Stress and Strain
Now that we've briefly gone over the history of the Earth, it's time to look at some different geologic structures that span all those eons. This will require gaining an understanding of rock deformation. We need to discuss the terms...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Unscripted: Dave Wineland
Dave Wineland, NIST physicist and 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics, discusses his landmark work developing laser cooling, a technique that has led to ultraprecise atomic timekeeping and advances in experimental quantum computing.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Strontium Atomic Clock
The world's most accurate atomic clock based on neutral atoms has been demonstrated by physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The JILA...
Dom Burgess
What is Fusion?
Dom explores how fusion works and the current technology out there making it happen - including France's colossal experimental reactor, ITER, and the soon to be switched on Wendelstein 7X in Germany.
Curated Video
The Evolution of Our Understanding of the Atomic Structure
This video provides an overview of how the modern ideas around the atom have developed over thousands of years. It begins with the ancient Greek belief that matter consists of tiny spheres that cannot be divided and were called atoms....
FuseSchool
What Is the Atom Economy?
Learn the basics about the 'Atom Economy' in this video in our Chemical Calculations Series.
Curated Video
Understanding Background Radiation: Sources and Exposure
This video is a lecture that explains the concept of background radiation, which is a type of ionizing radiation that humans are exposed to every day but at low levels. The video discusses the four main types of ionizing radiation, which...
Curated Video
How America Prepared for Nuclear War
This is the untold story of how the US prepped citizens for a potential atom-bomb Armageddon.
Visual Learning Systems
The Periodic Table: Video Quiz
This program makes the Modern Periodic Table come alive to students. Numerous real-life examples of elements are exemplified in the table. Animations and graphics illustrate concepts not easily achieved through other instructional...
Curated Video
Understanding Mass Numbers, Atomic Numbers, Isotopes, and Counting Particles in Atoms
The video explains the concepts of mass numbers, atomic numbers, and isotopes in chemistry. It discusses the structure of an atom, the relationship between the number of protons and electrons in neutral atoms, and how elements are...
Curated Video
Natures and Properties of Nuclear Radiations: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Rays
The video is a lecture on the natures and properties of nuclear radiations. The speaker discusses the three types of ionizing radiation: alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. They explain the ionizing and penetrating abilities...
Curated Video
Radioactive Contamination: Understanding the Difference and Staying Safe
This video is a lecture on radioactive contamination, exploring the difference between contamination and irradiation. The video uses examples of famous incidents of radioactive contamination, such as Chernobyl, and explains how...
Kult America
Chernobyl - Idiotic Tourism
On the 26 April 1986, the world faced one of the worst man made disasters in history. Nuclear meltdown in Chernobl Ukraine. Three decades later, the location where things transpired become somewhat mythical, oddly attracting tourists by...
Curated Video
Half Lives: Quantifying Radioactive Decay Over Time
This video is a lecture on half-lives and how to quantify the number of radioactive decays that occur over a given time period. The video explains that radioactive decay is a random process with equal probabilities for each outcome. The...
FuseSchool
CHEMISTRY - Matter - Structure and Bonding of Elements & Compounds (part 2)
Learn the basics about how atoms bond when learning about the structure of atoms. Bonds form by the attraction of negatively charged electrons and the positive nucleus of atoms. Atoms have a positively charged tiny nucleus which contains...
Curated Video
Multi-Paradigm Programming with Modern C++ - Synchronization with Atomics
Even something as simple as an integer is not immune from data races. Atomics can solve this problem. They are often implemented at hardware level, and C++ provides an API. In this video, we will learn how to use atomics. • Introduction...
Curated Video
Electronic Structure and the Periodic Table
This is a video that explains the electronic structure of atoms and ions and how it relates to their position on the periodic table. It covers the basics of electron shells, how to fill them, and how to represent an element's electronic...