Periodic VideosThe 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for breakthroughs in protein design and structure. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
The recipients are half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein structure prediction”
Some papers relating to this video... Structure Of Haemoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis of Reduced Human Haemoglobin at 5.5 Å Resolution - nature.com/articles/199633a0 Design of a Novel Globular Protein Fold with Atomic-Level Accuracy - science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1089427
Protein Folding and AI (Nobel Prize 2024) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-10-16 | The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for breakthroughs in protein design and structure. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
The recipients are half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein structure prediction”
Some papers relating to this video... Structure Of Haemoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis of Reduced Human Haemoglobin at 5.5 Å Resolution - nature.com/articles/199633a0 Design of a Novel Globular Protein Fold with Atomic-Level Accuracy - science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1089427
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9What name for Element 119? - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-10-12 | The Professor answers viewer questions about superheavy elements... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham... More Q and A soon.
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Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9SCANDIUM (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-09-24 | A new video about the element Scandium. Learn more about the Jane Street internships at jane-st.co/internship-pv (episode sponsor) More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
If you are curious, here are our first Scandium videos... Scandium version 2: youtu.be/KkKv5ilmRjY Scandium version 1: youtu.be/yFuD2JSDueUHow to make TWO ATOMS (and the path to element 120) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-08-18 | Scientists in Berkeley make two atoms of Livermorium with a pioneering Titanium beam - and they hope it opens to way to making the elusive element 120. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Exam Results & Studying ChemistryPeriodic Videos2024-08-13 | If you're interested in chemistry at The University of Nottingham and learning from The Prof, here are some links...
A virtual tour of the University Park Campus: youvisit.com/tour/nottinghamBattery made with Prime - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-05-30 | We make a battery with Prime drink, copper coins and zinc washers. Extra footage at: youtu.be/rDQhfzazz7s --- More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professors Darren Walsh and Sir Martyn Polikaoff.
Thanks also to Jack Jordan, Adeifeoluwa Jolaosho and Will Balkwill-Western.
This video was not sponsored by Prime. They did not know were were making it.Thalidomide - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-04-14 | An old friend returns in this video about making Thalidomide. Here's the full interview with Edoardo: youtu.be/122shwePafM - More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Miriam O'Duill & Edoardo Bandieri (in Italy)
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Tungsten (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-03-28 | We have a new epic video about Tungsten. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
To learn more about the technicians website we mentioned, see technicians.org.uk
This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff, Neil Barnes and Alex Kibler. It was filmed, edited and produced by Brady Haran.
Thanks to Midwest Tungsten Service for the cube of Tungsten which now sits proudly in Neil's office - shop.tungsten.com/tungsten-cube
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Chemistry of Spice Melange (from Dune) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2024-02-23 | We look at a published chemical structure for the mythical Spice Melange from the Dune science fiction series. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Jessie Groves (senior technician), Martyn Poliakoff and Robert Stockman.
Thanks also to Finlay Dowton, Konstantina Nikolaou, Albert Reynolds, and Zachary Douglas (who is a postgrad, not an undergrad!)
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Berkelium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-12-06 | We're at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where the element Berkelium has "come home" for some cutting edge research. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
With thanks to Professor Polly Arnold and her group for hosting us at LBNL - https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/polly-arnold
And also thanks to the people at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where we have filmed previously. Learn more about Berkelium production by watching our Californium video: youtu.be/E0wtKOG8trE
This video also featured Professor Martyn Poliakoff from the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham... More about chemistry at Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Quantum Dots (Nobel Prize 2023) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-10-06 | The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 is awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This video features chemist Martyn Poliakoff and physicist Philip Moriarty, both from the University of Nottingham.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Thulium (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-08-16 | A new and improved video about Thulium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Phosphorus Reacts with Bromine - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-06-24 | Some phosphorus reactions to mark our 15th anniversary on YouTube. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Gallium Man - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-06-05 | We melt a man made of Gallium - and then torch a Lego Professor! More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Hafnium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-05-12 | A shiny new video about Hafnium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9A New Isotope of Sodium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-04-04 | Researchers in Japan create Sodium-39 - and pushing the boundaries of the so-called drip line. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Ytterbium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-03-02 | A new video about the element Ytterbium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Blue Sodium Chloride - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-02-01 | We attempt to make some blue Sodium Chloride - at the suggestion of loyal viewer Artem. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Deadly Digitalis - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2023-01-07 | Professor Rob Stockman discusses Digitalis - used to save heart patients and poison spies. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Hauksbee Medal (awarded to Neil) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-12-01 | Senior Lab Technician Neil Barnes collects a Royal Society Medal for his outstanding work in chemistry labs (and on YouTube). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Neil has worked at the University of Nottingham since 1977 - and is the man behind most demonstrations and experiments in our videos.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Colours of Hydrogen - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-11-16 | We explode some "Green Hydrogen" and discuss the other colours available. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Acid Bathtub in Breaking Bad (reviewed by The Professor)Periodic Videos2022-11-03 | The Professor reviews episodes 2 and 3 of Breaking Bad, featuring the notorious HF acid bath... see our previous episode 1 review at: youtu.be/89PCYdMRtjQ More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Click Chemistry (Nobel Prize 2022) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-10-14 | The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to three scientists for pioneering "Click Chemistry". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Miriam O'Duill and Christopher Merrett.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Burning Magnesium in Nitrogen - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-09-01 | Magnesium in Nitrogen... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Iodine Satellites - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-07-22 | Iodine is the fuel in a new way to propel satellites. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This video features Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
More on the Iodine propulsion can be found at https://www.thrustme.fr
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Poaching an Egg in Piranha Solution - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-06-11 | After previous videos with chicken, now we try an egg. More acid videos: bit.ly/Acid_PV More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Californium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-04-26 | An extensive video about Californium, which reportedly costs up to $27m per gram. We go to where it's made in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff at the University of Nottingham. And Julie Ezold and Rose Boll at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Also thanks to Andrew Gaunt for providing photos relating to the paper "Isolation and characterization of a californium metallocene": nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04027-8
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Yttrium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-03-19 | Here is a new and improved video about Yttrium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Sir Martyn Polikaoff and Neil Barnes. Including superconductors and YInMn Blue.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Special thanks to: Anthony Lipmann for donating the Yttrium metal, Mas Subramanian for donating the YInMn Blue And Merck at Sigma Aldrich for donating the Yttrium Chloride.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Most Massive Molecule - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-02-18 | The theoretical molecule Oganesson Tetratennesside is the largest possible with five atoms - but is it possible!? More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Glassblowing - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-01-20 | Conor Howell-Bennett is a Scientific Glassblowing Technician at the University of Nottingham's Chemistry Department. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9A Tram is named after The Professor - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-16 | A Nottingham tram is named "Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Nipponium - The Element that Wasnt - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-12 | The "discoveries" of element 43 and 75 could have seen Japan recognised on the Periodic Table much earlier. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Chicken Leg in Piranha Solution - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-01 | As promised, following from our previous video: youtu.be/4WOKQMOyYoU More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Piranha Solution Eats StuffPeriodic Videos2021-10-22 | Episode sponsored by MEL Science and their monthly science boxes - get 50% off your first box at melscience.com/s8o and use promocode PV50 More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
MEL Science (our episode sponsor) is not affiliated with the University of Nottingham. ad #melscience #melchemistryThe 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-10-09 | Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Discussed by Martyn Poliakoff, Pete Licence and Liam Ball at the University of Nottingham.
Filming and editing in this video by Sean Riley and James Hennessy.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Hot Glass SHATTERS in WaterPeriodic Videos2021-09-29 | We dunk various samples of red-hot glass into cold water. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
We used quartz and borosilicate.
Featuring Conor Howell-Bennett and Professor Martyn Poliakoff.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Thallium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-09-07 | A new video about the element Thallium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9HEAVY WATER (and stopping Germany building an Atom Bomb) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-08-10 | The professor receives a sample of heavy water - and tells an interesting story about it. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Flesh-Destroying Chromic Acid - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-07-18 | Chicken legs in chromic acid - plus we re-visit sulfuric acid with a new approach. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Clouds of Ammonium Chloride - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-06-01 | Today we do some demonstrations with Ammonium Chloride. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Why Molybdenum is named after Lead - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-05-22 | Professor Polikaoff dusts off his ancient Greek (and some old wiring) to discuss the naming of Molybdenum. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Ultrawhite Paint (with Barium Sulfate) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-04-30 | Scientists believe a special "ultrawhite" paint could be a better way to cool homes and save energy - it uses particles of Barium Sulfate (Sulphate). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes from the University of Nottingham.
Ultrawhite BaSO4 Paints and Films for Remarkable Daytime Subambient Radiative Cooling: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.1c02368 Press release: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-whitest-paint-is-here-and-its-the-coolest.-literally..html
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Einsteinium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-03-23 | A new video about the element Einsteinium. Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Making Hydrogen (and a big mess) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-03-14 | Senior technician Neil Barnes re-enacts a favourite experiment from his childhood, reacting aluminium and sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Piecing Together the Periodic Table JigsawPeriodic Videos2021-03-01 | We've made videos about all the elements (and are always updating them with new videos) - see them at http://bit.ly/118elements More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Music by Alan Stewart. A clean version of the music will be released on our Patreon page, where you can also support the project: patreon.com/periodicvideos
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Prof watches Breaking Bad (at last)Periodic Videos2021-01-19 | Sir Martyn Poliakoff discussing the pilot episode of Breaking Bad --- See also the review of episodes 2 and 3: youtu.be/jA_tde6lUHI
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Lutetium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-12-01 | New video on the element Lutetium... Check out http://KiwiCo.com/PeriodicVideos for 50% off your first month of any subscription. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Some featured papers... Urbain's discovery paper: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3099v/f759.table Die Zerlegung des Ytterbiums in seine Elemente: api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:197766399 Crystal Growth and Properties of (Lu,Y)3Al5O12: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.08.060 Early Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer with PSMA-Targeted Radioligand Therapy Prolongs Life: http://www.snmmi.org/NewsPublications/NewsDetail.aspx?ItemNumber=29473 Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu−Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth: pnas.org/content/112/17/5331
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Dissolving Coins in Nitric Acid - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-11-11 | We put Nitric Acid through its paces, including dissolving coins. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Phosphine and Life on Venus - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-09-20 | Following reports of Phosphine in the Venusian atmosphere, and associated speculation about life... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓