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Don't Fade Away: Saving the Vivid Yellows of Matisse and Van Gogh

Public lecture presented by Jennifer Mass

October 1, 2013  ·  00:51:35  runtime
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B to D-Star-Tau-Nu

In this conceptual art, an electron and positron collide, resulting in a B meson (not shown) and an antimatter B-bar meson, which then decays...

October 22, 2013
Concept Art: B to D-Star-Tau-Nu
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The Dark Universe Through Einstein’s Lens

Public lecture presented by Debbie Bard

July 23, 2013  ·  01:14:48  runtime
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Supernova shock wave

When stars explode, the supernovas send off shock waves like the one shown in this artist's rendition, which accelerate protons...
October 22, 2013
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Backstory: Marc Messerschmidt, Staff Scientist

Marc Messerschmidt, a staff scientist at the Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) experimental station at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, describes his daily...
November 25, 2013  ·  00:02:23  runtime
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Here Be Monsters: Tales of the Hot Universe

Public lecture presented by Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo

December 3, 2013  ·  01:04:04  runtime
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LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) underground diagram

In 2019, researchers plan to replace the current dark matter experiment LUX with the more sensitive LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ). It will be located one mile...

May 19, 2015
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Pictures of Other Worlds: Exploring the Atmospheres of Exoplanets

Public lecture presented by Bruce Macintosh

May 19, 2015  ·  01:11:02  runtime
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Higgs jet diagram

In this illustration, two protons collide at high energy, producing a Higgs boson that instantly decays, producing two tau particles...
December 15, 2014
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Starting From the Bottom: The Hunt for New Physics at the LHC

Public lecture presented by Michael Kagan

January 27, 2015  ·  01:10:40  runtime
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Now Playing: Molecular Movies

Public lecture presented by Mike Minitti

September 29, 2015  ·  01:12:18  runtime
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Caught in the Act! Chemical Reactions Exposed

Public lecture presented by Jerry LaRue

July 14, 2015  ·  01:03:31  runtime
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