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21:59315K views · 2mo ago · 21:59
Full steak and thermite video at Videos on all 118 elements Arsenic video Previous iron video Thermite at Halloween More chemistry at From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham This episode was also generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
▶️ Mentioned videos: Full steak and thermite video · Arsenic video · Previous iron video
9:2396K views · 3mo ago · 9:23
A scientific breakthrough as scientists create a "copper sandwich" molecule - it's Cuprocene. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Discussed here by Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. See the paper - Isolable Cuprocenes: Bis(tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes of Copper
▶️ Mentioned videos: Our previous Ferrocene video
📄 Mentioned papers: doi:10.1021/jacs.5c19366
5:05295K views · 4mo ago · 5:05
We cook a steak (rapidly) using the famed thermite reaction. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video by Brady Haran features Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes from The University of Nottingham.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com · Video on youtube.com
17:068K views · 4mo ago · 17:06
Guests: More Boron Buckyball, Lai-Sheng Wang
Brady's full interview with Lai-Sheng Wang, who led the discovery of the Boron buckminsterfullerene. Main video is at More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Lai-Sheng Wang is based at Brown University. His research was supported by the US National Science Foundation.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com · The World Cup Trophy · Harry Kroto and C60 · Buckyballs
11:3557K views · 4mo ago · 11:35
Guest: Professor Wang
We discuss the discovery of a new buckyball - this one made of Boron. For more details the full interview with Professor Wang can be found at More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Discussed by our very own Professor Martyn Poliakoff, plus the lead researcher Lai-Sheng Wang.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com · The World Cup Trophy · Harry Kroto and C60 · Buckyballs
15:53161K views · 7mo ago · 15:53
Here it is - a new video about Gadolinium... Extra footage from the MRI interview is at More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Pete Harvey, Neil Barnes and the filing work of Brady Haran.
▶️ Mentioned videos: is - a video about Gadolinium... Extra footage the MRI interview is · Our Ytterby trip · Objectivity videos about spectroscopes · Video on youtube.com
6:0667K views · 7mo ago · 6:06
Guest: Mystery Glassware
Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff discusses some mysterious glassware discovered in a storeroom. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ More videos... Glassblowing Hot glass shatters in water Glass and safety specs Videos on all 118 elements
▶️ Mentioned videos: Glassblowing · Hot glass shatters in water · Glass and safety specs
9:4391K views · 9mo ago · 9:43
We discuss a serious fire at the ion accelerator at GSI, and its various implications for the science community. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ See our full playlist of videos from GSI The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research FAIR Video report on the fire (in German)
▶️ Mentioned videos: Video report on the fire (in German)
29:3910K views · 9mo ago · 29:39
Guest: Ariel Anbar
This is the full interview with Professor Ariel Anbar from the main video we posted at -- he was a co-author of a paper about Arsenic Life which was later retracted by Science. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
▶️ Mentioned videos: This is the full interview with Professor Ariel Anbar the main video we posted
📄 Mentioned papers: The paper in question (retracted by Science) · Editor-in-chief's justification · The author's protest
12:1780K views · 9mo ago · 12:17
See the full range of links listed below ↓↓↓ Full length interview with co-author Ariel Anbar Our first video on Arsenic Life 15 years ago This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff discussing the issue, with some comments from one of the co-authors of the original paper Professor Ariel Anbar.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Full length interview with co-author Ariel Anbar · Our first video on Arsenic Life 15 years ago
📄 Mentioned papers: The paper in question (retracted by Science) · Editor-in-chief's justification · The author's protest
9:0864K views · 10mo ago · 9:08
Nearly 10 years after dropping Lithium into 7 Up, we dig out the same batch of Li and try it with the "Zero Sugar" version of 7 Up. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Previous Lithium in 7 Up video Information about studying AI and Digital Chemistry at Nottingham (as mentioned by The Prof) And more about studying chemistry
▶️ Mentioned videos: Previous Lithium in 7 Up video
2:5925K views · 11mo ago · 2:59
A few more questions from a viewer Q&A with The Professor... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ See also a few earlier videos from this Q&A Kilogram of any element Pompous Professor Name for 119 Also see Niobium Roentegenium Plutonium is solution Potassium
▶️ Mentioned videos: Kilogram of any element · Pompous Professor · Name for 119 · Niobium
15:01103K views · 1y ago · 15:01
Guest: Bath Bombs
We road test a newly-designed "bath bomb" which looks strangely familiar. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Some other videos you might like... The Acid Bathtub in Breaking Bad Halloween videos Videos on all 118 elements
▶️ Mentioned videos: The Acid Bathtub in Breaking Bad
13:34122K views · 1y ago · 13:34
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ The prize was shared between Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi.
17:23220K views · 1y ago · 17:23
It's a new video about Dysprosium, a metal named after its own elusiveness. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and senior technician Neil Barnes at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry.
📄 Mentioned papers: Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet · Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide alkene complex up to 100 kelvin
15:16228K views · 1y ago · 15:16
Guest: Professor Schreiner
Researchers discover a new allotrope of Nitrogen - it's N6 More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ The N6 paper Professor Peter Schreiner Discussing the research in this video is also Professor Martyn Polikaoff. Other videos Nitrogen Nitrogen Triiodide Black Nitrogen
▶️ Mentioned videos: Nitrogen · Nitrogen Triiodide · Black Nitrogen
📄 Mentioned papers: The N6 paper
6:2065K views · 1y ago · 6:20
Guest: RIP Tom Lehrer
Satirist and singer Tom Lehrer (writer of The Elements song) dies at the age 97. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Discussed by Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. Tom Lehrer performs it See our version Daniel Radcliffe's version on the BBC The Japanese version
▶️ Mentioned videos: Tom Lehrer performs · See our version · Daniel Radcliffe's version on the BBC · The Japanese version
15:0178K views · 1y ago · 15:01
We're back at GSI and go directly to the source of its world famous Ion Beam... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff - along with Ralph Hollinger and Stephan Reimann from GSI. A video from a previous trip to Darmstadt
▶️ Mentioned videos: A video a previous trip to Darmstadt · See our previous video about making the targets for the Ion Beam
9:4447K views · 1y ago · 9:44
Professor Martyn Poliakoff was plunged into darkness by the recent Iberian Peninsula Blackout - but that's just the start of the story. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ See the paper about Resilience Videos on all 118 elements
5:06115K views · 1y ago · 5:06
The Professor answers more viewer questions - with topics including elements (of course), dreaming, and hair shampoo. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Videos on all 118 elements More chemistry at From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham
▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com · Video on youtube.com
15:59109K views · 1y ago · 15:59
Guest: Amazing Rare Isotopes
We're at GSI in Germany where rare samples of enriched isotopes are fashioned into targets for their epic accelerator. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff speaking with Dr Bettina Lommel in the Target Lab.
▶️ Mentioned videos: A video a previous trip to Darmstadt
13:24194K views · 1y ago · 13:24
A brand new and improved video all about Samarium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham. Videos on all 118 elements More chemistry at With the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham
3:5260K views · 1y ago · 3:52
Professor Martyn Poliakoff answers some viewer questions and references an old message from his son which hangs above his desk. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Videos on all 118 elements Another video from this QA session
▶️ Mentioned videos: Another video this QA session · Element creator Yuri Oganesson in Russia
47:3434K views · 1y ago · 47:34
Periodic Videos creator Brady Haran attends the Nobel Prize ceremony and here's the story... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ The Unmade Podcast The Unmade Podcast on YouTube The Unmade Podcast on Apple Nobel Prize in Chemistry videos on Periodic Videos Nobel Prize in Physics videos on Sixty Symbols
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