A Serendipitous Star (and most distant star) – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Dr Emma Chapman discusses Earendel (WHL0137-LS) – a distant star discovered by sheer luck, More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Dr Emma Chapman: https://dr-emma-chapman.com First Light by Dr Chapman (Amazon link): https://amzn.to/41RH7Ec The University of Nottingham physics and astronomy: http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos JWST Imaging of Earendel, the Extremely…

Is ‘Boffin’ a Dirty Word? – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. We discuss a campaign to stop scientists being called "boffins". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring University of Nottingham scientists Phil Moriarty, Martyn Poliakoff, Emma Chapman, and Oliver Gould. Here is the Institute of Physics "Bin the Boffin" campaign – https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-less/bin-the-boffin And the Daily Star’s response: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/eggheads-want-term-boffin-banned-29574611 Brady’s other…

The Interesting Physics of Robert Oppenheimer (not the bomb) – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Robert Oppenheimer did a lot of interesting physics before the Manhattan Project and atomic bombs. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla More Sixty Symbols videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs More Numberphile videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU Tony’s author page on Amazon: https://amzn.to/45AK4JK Check…

Bad Science and Room Temperature Superconductors – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Philip Moriarty takes issue with a paper by scientists claiming to achieve room temperature superconductivity. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008 Phil’s own retraction: https://pubpeer.com/publications/DBC836E90EFB5926817D2B2A98B55C More videos with Phil: https://bit.ly/Prof_Moriarty Phil Moriarty is a professor at the University of Nottingham: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/ Visit our…

Making of a Quantum Metal Song – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Behind the Scenes creating Shut Up and Calculate with Professor Philip Moriarty. Joined by David Domminney Fowler and other guests. Phil’s blog about this at: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2023/06/06/quantum-mechanix/ Phil Moriarty video playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMluNZrpoiFc-5buqD74JNs Golden Ratio metal song: https://youtu.be/nBgQPSUTWVM Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We’re on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/sixtysymbols This project…

Shut Up & Calculate (Quantum Metal song) – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Physics Professor Phil Moriarty joins some friends to produce a "Quantum Metal" song – go deep behind the scenes at https://youtu.be/6cyOGRkqcQ4 — And Phil’s blog post at: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2023/06/06/quantum-mechanix/ Phil Moriarty video playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMluNZrpoiFc-5buqD74JNs Golden Ratio metal song: https://youtu.be/nBgQPSUTWVM Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We’re on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/sixtysymbols…

A Curious Problem with Red Galaxies – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield on a new paper about Red Galaxies – and why that may cause a rethink about galaxy formation. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The paper in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05786-2 And on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.12446 Professor Merrifield is an astronomer at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Mike Merrifield Playlist:…

Black Holes and Dimensional Analysis – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Featuring Professor Ed Copeland with a look at dimensional analysis and how it can be used on black holes, among other things… More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Biographical podcast with Ed: https://youtu.be/J1gBpcwAmNg Long interviews with Ed: http://bit.ly/CopelandGoesLong More videos with Ed: http://bit.ly/EdCopeland Ed’s University of Nottingham page: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland Visit…

ChatGPT does Physics – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. We put chatbot ChatGPT to the test with some physics questions. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Professor Philip Moriarty… His blog on this topic can be found at: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2023/01/23/chatgpt-transforming-physics-education/ ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/auth/login More videos with Professor Moriarty: http://bit.ly/Prof_Moriarty See our computer science sister channel Computerphile: http://bit.ly/XqEDYi Visit our website…

My First Paper (Meghan Gray) – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Meghan Gray discusses her first academic paper – pointing a telescope at Abel 2219. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More videos with Professor Gray: http://bit.ly/Meghan_Playlist Professor Mike Merrifield discusses HIS first paper: https://youtu.be/9V_-0WbtSPc Professor Gray at the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/meghan.gray Infrared observations of gravitational lensing in Abell…

The Biggest Possible Black Hole – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Dr Becky Smethurst discusses Ultra Massive Black Holes – more information and book links below ↓ ↓ ↓ A Brief History of Black Holes by Becky Smethurst (Amazon links)… US: https://amzn.to/3u0b4BN UK: https://amzn.to/3VxlNPV Becky’s website: https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk And her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/drbecky How Big Can a Black Hole Grow? by Andrew King: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.08502…

A Cosmological Wish List for the JWST – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Ed Copeland – a cosmologist – shares his wish list for JWST discoveries. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More JWST videos: https://bit.ly/JWST_Videos Long interviews with Ed: http://bit.ly/CopelandGoesLong More videos with Ed: http://bit.ly/EdCopeland Ed’s University of Nottingham page: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We’re on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols…