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Petabytes of data at Large Hadron Collider

Petabytes of data at Large Hadron Collider How does the Large Hadron Collider deal with the petabytes of data it generates? This question is posed on behalf of many Sixty Symbols viewers who asked about it. User: IAmDeK May 18, 2012 10:48 AM

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Sixty Symbols: Will the LHC Destroy the World?

Sixty Symbols: Will the LHC Destroy the World? CERN's Large Hadron Collider will NOT destroy our planet. But many of you asked about it - and the "scenarios" are a good excuse to discuss some cool physics. Dr Tony Padilla discusses a few doomsday theories from the very centre of the famed accelerator ring. Stand back and keep an eye out for black holes and strangelets!!! User: Pantufas May 9, 2012 10:25 AM

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5 and Penrose Tiling - Numberphile

5 and Penrose Tiling - Numberphile Why five-sided figures pose a problem from Professor John Hunton - and a bit about the importance of Penrose Tiling. Professor Hunton works at the University of Leicester. User: Pantufas Mar 21, 2012 3:10 PM

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Was Brian Cox Wrong? - Sixty Symbols

Was Brian Cox Wrong? - Sixty Symbols Brian Cox ruffled a few feathers with a TV lecture which touched upon the Pauli Exclusion Principle. Two of our Sixty Symbols regulars - Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla - try to explain what it was all about. Here's the section in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4I-f34cTI Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/periodicvideos Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran User: kooolcat Mar 8, 2012 1:26 AM

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World's Smallest Magnetic Byte - Sixty Symbols

World's Smallest Magnetic Byte - Sixty Symbols Professor Moriarty enthuses over a recently published paper. Our thanks to the authors, especially Sebastian Loth, for permission to reproduce their images. Enthusiastic explanation by Professor Philip Moriarty from the University of Nottingham. Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ User: kooolcat Feb 20, 2012 12:28 AM

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Sixty Symbols: How Do 3D Glasses Work

Sixty Symbols: How Do 3D Glasses Work A visit to the toilet is included in Professor Phil Moriarty's explanation of 3D glasses. How do 3D films give us that three dimensional effect? User: Pantufas Jan 23, 2012 3:24 AM

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Sixty Symbols: Higgs Boson

Sixty Symbols: Higgs Boson Sixty Symbols explains the Higgs Boson. This video features Ed Copeland, Roger Bowley and Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham. Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran User: SilenTom Dec 21, 2011 3:22 PM

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Neutrinos faster than light

Neutrinos faster than light Sixty Symbols discussing recent results suggesting neutrinos may be traveling "fast than light". Read the paper at http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4897 Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/periodicvideos User: SilenTom Sep 28, 2011 1:19 PM

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Sixty Symbols: Far Side of the Moon

Sixty Symbols: Far Side of the Moon A dramatic collision of two moons may explain why our Moon is very much two-sided. Professor Mike Merrifield briefly discusses a recent paper in Nature. User: Pantufas Sep 28, 2011 4:52 AM

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Sixty Symbols: Chaos and Butterfly Effect

Sixty Symbols: Chaos and Butterfly Effect The butterfly effect is associated with the unpredictable world of chaos... Two of our physicists have a chat about it. They are Laurence Eaves and Mark Fromhold. User: Pantufas Jul 25, 2011 5:41 AM

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Sixty Symbols

Sixty Symbols Curious and quirky videos describing the various symbols used in physics and astronomy.

Billiards

Billiards The general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or "holes") along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

The Moon

The Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 mi), about thirty times the diameter of the Earth.

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Tech Geeks Practical implementations of disparate technological advancements.

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Science A body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge -- as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge -- based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to specific principles of reasoning.

Television

Television Audiovisual media, including television, is the second most effective means of communication available to the psychological operator. These media are an excellent means of transmitting persuasive messages and eliciting a high degree of recall. -- US Army

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Video Clips The technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.

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