Found 10 - 17 results of 17 programs matching keyword "nuclear reaction"

Origins: CERN:  Exotic Atoms and Antihydrogen: Three Cool Experiments in the AD, Part I (Webcast)
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0:41:28
Scientists at CERN in Switzerland explain to the Exploratorium's San Francisco audience why preparing for antimatter experiments is like arranging a marriage.

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Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,


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Origins: CERN:  Exotic Atoms and Antihydrogen:Three Cool Experiments in the AD, Part II (Webcast)
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0:43:07
Making antihydrogen is no easy matter. Researchers at CERN show the Exploratorium's Melissa Alexander and Tom Humphrey where positrons live and how they keep them as cold as deep space.

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Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,


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Origins: CERN:  The Heart of the Matter: A Look Inside CERN (Webcast)
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0:29:09
What is antimatter and why are scientists studying it? How is the world's largest particle accelerator constructed? The Exploratorium's Rob Semper talks about how science is done at CERN and answers questions about antimatter from the Exploratorium's Webcast audience.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 11, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,


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Origins: CERN:  Inside the AD: CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:29:52
A behind-the-scenes look at how the world's only antimatter factory works, complete with live footage from CERN and a virtual reality tour of the antimatter decelerator. In this Webcast, Rob Semper and Ron Hipschman talk with Melissa Alexander and Thomas Humphrey, who join them virtually from Switzerland.

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Date: November 11, 2000
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,


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Revealing Bodies:  Inside the Skull: Exploring the Brain (Webcast)
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1:20:37
Peer inside the thinking brain, using state-of-the-art functional magnetic resonance imaging. Scientists Gary Glover and John Desmond of the Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging at Stanford University conduct cognitive tests on an Exploratorium staffer. Imaging tools display the active areas of the brain in real time.

Project: Revealing Bodies | Browse All

Date: April 22, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Medicine

Keywords: revealing, bodies, neuroscience, mri process, medical imaging, phrenology, nuclear magnetic resonance, centers of the brain, sections of the brain, brain function, imaging the brain, functional imaging,


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Iron Science Teacher:  Food Coloring (Webcast)
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1:00:07
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: food coloring!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 2, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, air pressure, condensation, fog chamber snack, fog chaber activity, density chamber, molecular motion, fluid flow, density of salt water, ice balloons activity, meanderings, fractures, genie in a bottle activity, chemical reaction,


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Iron Science Teacher:  Spare Change (Coins) (Webcast)
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0:43:03
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: coins!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 29, 1995
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, making a penny glow, glowing penny, chemical reaction with acetone, exothermic reaction, copper catalyst, rate of acceleration, free fall, air resistance, laws of acceleration, conductivity meter, metals conducting electricity, coins


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