Nottinghamscience Videos

Water Boiling (extra footage)

Main video is at http://youtube.com/watch?v=sCh2T9axLyY

With thanks to Laura.

Bumblebee Foraging

Gabby monitors who bumblebees as they forage for food. Stay tuned as we go deeper into he research. Full list of bumblebee videos at: http://bit.ly/130p1z1

This video was filmed and edited by James Hennessy.

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Brady's other channels include:
http://youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff)
http://youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy)
http://youtube.com/numberphile (Numbers and maths)
http://youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff)
http://youtube.com/nottinghamscience (Science and behind the scenes)
http://youtube.com/foodskey (Food science)
http://youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities)
http://youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists)
http://youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible)
http://youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture)
http://youtube.com/PhilosophyFile (Philosophy stuff)
http://youtube.com/PsyFile (Psychology stuff)

Tagging Bumblebees

We're back in the bee lab with Gabrielle Flinn as she puts tiny numbered tags on bumblebees - stay tuned as more about her research unfolds. Full list of bumblebee videos at: http://bit.ly/130p1z1

This video was filmed and edited by James Hennessy.

Previous video about Gabby at http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHCQjbP2yzc

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Brady's other channels include:
http://youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff)
http://youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy)
http://youtube.com/numberphile (Numbers and maths)
http://youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff)
http://youtube.com/nottinghamscience (Science and behind the scenes)
http://youtube.com/foodskey (Food science)
http://youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities)
http://youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists)
http://youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible)
http://youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture)
http://youtube.com/PhilosophyFile (Philosophy stuff)
http://youtube.com/PsyFile (Psychology stuff)

Science videos are like football matches?

Brady Haran makes various science videos on YouTube - like these: http://bradyharan.com/

This short clip was taken from a panel at the Making Science Public event at the University of Nottingham... Full video of the panel at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=53SSemxlobE

Filmed by Rob Glass. With thanks to Brigitte Nerlich.

James Clewett Viva (extra interview footage)

See main video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=S7ihcJk2sKY
More James videos: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeaKaAcimVK3tyCR6ugbA4Yx7eaP0MIoX

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Will James get his PhD? - VIVA

Viva day for James Clewett - the oral examination to decide if he gets a PhD and becomes Dr Clewett. More about James's work and story at: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeaKaAcimVK3tyCR6ugbA4Yx7eaP0MIoX

We were very lucky to have cameras in the room - but there was a "no audio" condition. This is because recording a viva was new territory and there were concerns about affecting the all-important exam. Maybe next time? ;)

James also asked me to clarify his fear of the "Russian Professor" was because: "As we know from Landau and Liftshitz.... Russian mathematicians have a reputation for rigour."

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Additional filming in this video by James Hennessy.

With thanks to the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham.

Students Beware - UCAS and universities

Advice and a warning from Professor Michael Merrifield - admissions tutor for physics and astronomy at the University of Nottingham.

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Atlas of Creation explained: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/atlas-of-creation.html

The Bumblebee Lab

A tour of the lab where Gabrielle Flinn is doing her research into bumblebees. More about her work soon.

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

This video was filmed and edited by James Hennessy.

Biggest Structure (extended interviews)

These are fuller interviews from the main Sixty Symbols video at http://youtu.be/iTKv5LUfITc
Featuring Mike Merrifield and Ed Copeland.

Surface Tension (extra footage)

Main video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=2uWps9LczH8

Featuring James Clewett and Roger Bowley at the University of Nottingham.

Their new paper is published at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v109/i22/e228002

Nanoscience and a VIP opening

Follow Ed's previous nano adventures at: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL848B80AF74D559E2

Ed Lester's spin-out science company - Promethean Particles - moves from its university home to a new premises - and some VIPS are called in to mark the occasion.

Government Minister Kenneth Clarke is among them - though he admits to a limited knowledge of nanoscience.

Idiot drivers honk at cameras!

Why do drivers (especially of large lorries and trucks) feel a compulsion to honk when they see people filming!?

The film was eventually made and is at: http://youtu.be/AJqdYsa_nAE

This channel contains many out-takes and extra footage from Brady Haran's various channels.

Brady's other channels include:
http://youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff)
http://youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy)
http://youtube.com/numberphile (Numbers and maths)
http://youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff)
http://youtube.com/foodskey (Food science)
http://youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities)
http://youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists)
http://youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible)
http://youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture)
http://youtube.com/PhilosophyFile (Philosophy stuff)
http://youtube.com/PsyFile (Psychology stuff)

Physics Education - (Tony extended footage)

Extended interview footage with Tony Padilla.
Main video at: http://youtu.be/Xzn2ecB4Hzs
All the extras at: http://bit.ly/SO4Hrh

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Physics Education - (Phil extended footage)

Extended interview footage with Phil Moriarty.
Main video at: http://youtu.be/Xzn2ecB4Hzs
All the extras at: http://bit.ly/SO4Hrh

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Physics Education - (Ed extended footage)

Extended interview footage with Ed Copeland.
Main video at: http://youtu.be/Xzn2ecB4Hzs
All the extras at: http://bit.ly/SO4Hrh

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

The Ash Dieback Problem

Our resident tree expert Markus Eichhorn on the latest tree crisis - Ash Dieback or Chalara Dieback. See more tree videos at http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3E28E3F38ACCE317

Forestry Commission info at: http://forestry.gov.uk/chalara

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Why do leaves change colour?

Like this? See all our tree videos at http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3E28E3F38ACCE317

This video features Markus Eichhorn talking about why and how tree leaves change colour (color) in the Autumn (or Fall).

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

A run-down of Brady's channels:
http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html

Physics Nobel Prize 2012 (extra footage)

This is extra footage from a Sixty Symbols video about the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics... main video at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UmxpUFxHlGg

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was won by Serge Haroche and David Wineland.

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Secrets of Applying for University (UCAS)

Astronomer Mike Merrifield is also the physics undergraduate admissions tutor for the University of Nottingham. That means he goes through all the UCAS forms (the forms filled in by UK students applying for university).

Here he gives a few insider tips!

Mike is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ProfMike_M

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Why is Atlas of Creation on the shelf: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dylv1EiMejI

Brady's other channels include:
http://youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff)
http://youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy)
http://youtube.com/numberphile (Numbers and maths)
http://youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff)
http://youtube.com/foodskey (Food science)
http://youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities)
http://youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists)
http://youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible)
http://youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture)
http://youtube.com/PhilosophyFile (Philosophy stuff)

Isaac Newton and Martyn Poliakoff in 3D

Scan by Microsoft and the death mask is kept by The Royal Society... See main video about all this at http://youtube.com/watch?v=oGJ-j3S-fSE

Music courtesy of http://youtube.com/user/AlanKey86

Underwater in the Maldives (with dice!)

Extra footage from the Numberphile video about underwater Yahtzee. Main film at: http://youtu.be/4sUKyPYNEVA

Filmed at Constance Moofushi, in the Maldives. Thank you to the Blue Tribe Diivng Centre for loaning me the underwater housing for a GoPro.

Uranium-Nitrogen Bond (extra footage)

Extra footage from periodicvideos film about Stev Liddle's Uranium-Nitrogen bond... See the main video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=bk_D4mSgMsQ

Turbine Blade Destruction

An experimental natural fiber blade is bent and bent and bent - until it can be be bent no more.

This is the final test for any new wind turbine blade.

Featuring University of Nottingham researchers Peter Schubel and Darshil Shah with technician Eric Parnham.

More behind the scenes films like this: http://test-tube.org.uk/

Test Tube films by Brady Haran.

Video editing in this film (and second camera) by Stephen Slater.

Destin from Smarter Every Day (extended interview)

Extended footage from Brady's interview with Destin from Smarter Every Day. Check his channel at http://youtube.com/user/destinws2
The Sixty Symbols video from which this "spun out" is at http://youtube.com/watch?v=GUBdltrsPZs

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Derek from Veritasium (extended interview)

Extended footage from Brady's interview with Derek Muller from Veritasium. Check his channel at http://youtube.com/user/1veritasium
The Sixty Symbols video from which this "spun out" is at http://youtube.com/watch?v=GUBdltrsPZs

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Moving a Magnet

A huge 3T Magnet (3 Tesla) leaves its home at the University of Nottingham for a new life with CERN. The university played a pioneering role in the development of MRI and was home to Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Mansfield. Featured in this video are Professor Peter Morris (Head of Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre) and chief technician Ian Thexton.

This film was shot and edited by Stephen Slater.

Test Tube is a project by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More films at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Editing a Deep Sky Video about Voyager

This is the editing of a film about Voyager made for my channel DeepSkyVideo. The video is at http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KTAT-J3H_k It was quite a "quick and dirty" edit and took about 45 minutes (not including filming and some of the picture and video research, which is not included in this timelapse). The software is Avid Media Composer.

Science it's a girl thing - FAIL?

Astronomer Dr Meghan Gray gives her view on a much-maligned video designed to promote science to girls. It caused an instant storm online... but why?
FYI: At the time of writing, the original video has been removed from YouTube, presumably in the wake of heavy criticism?

My Father the Archaeologist

Astronomer Mike Merrifield on his father Ralph, who was an archaeologist. This is extra footage from the Deep Sky Videos "Father's Day Film" at http://youtu.be/knyqKr9HX5k

My Great-Grandfather the Astronomer

Astronomer Meghan Gray speaks about her great-grandfather Robert Pocock, who was also an astronomer. This is extra footage from the Deep Sky Videos "Father's Day Film" at http://youtu.be/knyqKr9HX5k

The Herschels (extra footage)

Mike Merrifield on the Herschel dynasty - William, John and Alexander. This is extra footage from the Deep Sky Videos "Father's Day Film" at http://youtu.be/knyqKr9HX5k

Writing a PhD in a LUNATIC ASYLUM

An update on James Clewett's progress on his PhD, as he writes the finals chapters in a Victorian lunatic asylum (which has been converted into apartments, we hasten to add).

Previous videos with james include
PhD handwritten: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9jA53IkHZJg
Tetris Addict:http://youtube.com/watch?v=9jA53IkHZJg

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Bowling for Nanoscience

We're start following the ambitious SHYMAN science project - day one includes high-level talks, technical demonstrations and then some ten-pin bowling!

More info at http://test-tube.org.uk/SHYMAN/

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Chestnut Tree

Markus is back with another tree - this time it is the chestnut.

All our tree videos at test-tube.org.uk/trees/
Presented by Dr Markus Eichhorn from the University of Nottingham
Films by Brady Haran

Davy's Lamp (extra footage)

Extra interview footage with Professor Martyn Polikaoff about Humphry Davy's famous lamp... Main video at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=w0-07rnvUxM

Underwater Energy Bags

For many years Professor Seamus Garvey has been dreaming of "energy bags" anchored to the seabed, storing power by converting it into compressed air... And now it has become a reality in the seas off Orkney.

We've posted many video following this project - see a playlist of them at: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49FAD4E1788AE0C6

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

CMS RESTRICTED AREAS (extra footage unedited)

Here's some footage collected from the "restricted areas" at the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider when Brady gave his camera to someone more trustworthy! See our main CMS video from sister channel Sixty Symbols at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5r6vyZ2bykg

Pi 10,000 (extra footage)

The first 10,000 digits of Pi... You will hear the Feynman Point around the 40-second mark!!! More explanation at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wPn4tgmU8ek

Professor Phil Moriarty who encoded the digits has also provided the following...
His LabVIEW code:
nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzpjm/SoundingPi.vi
MP3 of 1000 and 10000 digits:
nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzpjm/Pi_10000_points_50ms_new.mp3
nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzpjm/Pi_1000_100ms_new.mp3

Pi Balls Simulation (extra footage)

This simulation was created in response to the Numberphile video about Pi and bouncing balls at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=abv4Fz7oNr0

It was created by Lukas Wolf using Algodoo which can be downloaded at: http://algodoo.com

Lukas' simulation can be downloaded at: http://algodoo.com/algobox/details.php?id=61348

Was Brian Cox Wrong? (Extra Footage)

Extra footage from the Sixty Symbols video about whether Brian Cox erred (never!) in a TV lecture on the BBC. These are just extras bit... Main video at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ASZWediSfTU

Nano Espresso

Professor Ed Lester is so obsessed with nanoparticle reactors that he made one from his office coffee machine.

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
Additional editing on this video by Stephen Slater.

More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Neverending DNA and Immortal Worms

Dr Aziz Aboobaker on his latest breakthrough studying planarians - or immortal worms. Read the paper at http://pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118885109

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Nyholm Lecture by Martyn Poliakoff

This is Martyn Poliakoff's Nyholm Lecture "From Test Tube to YouTube" about his journey making films for The Periodic Table of Videos - see the films at http://youtube.com/user/periodicvideos

A few links:
Martyn's Wiggly Giggle video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sKt7XyJyg04
The intro teaser video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nxZBZQaMcoI
The Nyholm video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WF1BDfhKExg
The Poliakoff Box Set: http://test-tube.org.uk/morestuff/poliakoff_boxset.htm

Janet Folkes - 1959-2012

Today we're all saying goodbye to Janet Folkes - scientist, pilot, balloonist.

This is footage from the maiden flight of the University of Nottingham balloon - a balloon which Janet dreamed of and then created. It was just one of many memorable days I was lucky enough to share with her and going back through the footage brought back great memories of a brilliant woman.

Blog about Janet: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.com/2012/01/brilliant-janet-folkes.html

The Prof's Desktop

Cluttered with icons and shortcuts, periodicvideos viewers have long commented on Professor Martyn Poliakoff's untidy computer desktop.

Well, he's cleaned it up.

Follow The Professor's chemistry videos at http://youtube.com/periodicvideos

Dave at Diamond

Test Tube regular Dave Scott is back - this time doing some work at one of the UK's top science facilities... the Diamond Synchrotron.

Test Tube by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
More at http://test-tube.org.uk/

Brady's other channels include:
http://youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff)
http://youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy)
http://youtube.com/numberphile (Numbers and maths)
http://youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff)
http://youtube.com/foodskey (Food science)
http://youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities)
http://youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists)
http://youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible)
http://youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture)

Inside the Inflativerse

The Inflativerse is a mobile planetarium being used by The University of Nottingham.

More science at http://test-tube.org.uk/

This video by Stephen Slater for Test Tube.

Lime Trees and Bees

Markus our tree expert is at it again - this time exploring a bee-covered Lime Tree within the University of Nottingham grounds.

All our tree videos at test-tube.org.uk/trees/
Presented by Dr Markus Eichhorn from the University of Nottingham
Films by Brady Haran