Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 - Sixty Symbols

[AlexChanNZ]

OMG he has a bucky ball on his table. Wanted to do that in Chem but 60 black balls isn't easy to find.

[danx033]

you guys are good at making videos. All the interviews are good and the editing is awesome together

[NeverMindSophie]

I couldn't help noticing the period table tie. Nerdiness to the limit!

[TheVideoVector]

"Hexagins"......XD <3

[guitardud97]

HIS TIE IS AWESOME!!

[Woppa1986]

They won the Nobel Prize YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama won the prize too O_O 

[nyxg]

@Woppa1986 yeah it's weird he won the nobel price for peace yet started the most wars,lol without any declaration of war!

[nyxg]

prize**



[shellybirdy]

some great inforamtion here thanks

[aatishhake]

Hey I know You..... You are the One who appear in Periodic table of Videos !!!!!

[smuggecko]

great video thanks

[lawanbrown16]

You know how many bored students have been in class and did this with regular pencil lead and have wondered "Hmmm I wonder why it's sticking to the desk like that.?" never even knowing they couldve won a damn Nobel prize smdh.

[Higgs666]

Nothing about carbon nanotubes?

[greenanubis]

@Higgs666 carbon nanotubes could be used as a kind of a roller on the surface of grepheme to print information like in early typing machines. i doubt that today hdd drives have better information density than this. think of newtonian type machine on atomic scales.

[fliminthebox]

almost seems too easy.

[theSunamer]

I am proud that they are Russians =)

[arseymcpherson]

@PoisonKing64 it's a fullerene

[Kaeralho]

hmm... carbon sheets that work like transistors.... new awesome pc graphics coming?

[cHIEN87]

@PoisonKing64 I believe it's called a Bucky Ball (50 carbon atoms, arranged like a soccer/football ball)

[EducationLover]

@cHIEN87 that's acctually the C60 (a carbonate) which has the shape of a ball and used in toggle switch :D

[cHIEN87]

@EducationLover My mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Speekerful]

I think maybe too many scientists aim for a nobel prize, and thus try and discover or attain something dead complicated - they just got beat by sticky tape. Just shows I suppose how you can miss the blindingly obvious!

[krruger79]

I strongly oppose ,I should have gotten this Nobel's prize as I have used this idea many times in the past - I've drawn a graphite line with my pencil on AMD processor to unlock its multiplier :P

[gotohell114]

If sticky tape got them a nobel prize, what would duct tape have got them? :)

[vertexgo]

i wonder when they start to give all the prizes of one year to one person only.

now it's rather the opposite and people have to share it - means: it's no compliance-check of an individual any more. is there something like this prize

on the asian continent, too? - might not interest the self-absorbed westerners who think that the few of them are way more valuable than the way more people on the asian continent. but it will.

[mdma4life]

can't wait to see graphene semiconductor materials

[vertexgo]

if one would line up all the cells of a human body (median average) - how long would that line appear to be? how long would it be if all molecules would be lined

up - how long if all electrons, protons and neutrons?

[creacher2620]

oh crap..... albert einstein and max planck

[Ital21]

@creacher2620 ROFL So true.

[jagara1]

What I find more amazing is how gracious these two scientists are of the Nobel prize winners.

Scientific research can be highly competitive and winning the Nobel prize, for some scientists, is probably a huge accolade.

[Versudan]

Exciting you reckon? What a bunch of shit. I should sue these cumguzzling chucklefuckers for claiming they originally did something I did 8 years ago in chemistry class because I was bored listening to my Chemistry teacher drone on about things I'd learnt the year before.

Keep your Ignoble Special Needs Award though, these two Mcchunkerstanks deserve it. All those years at university and they're playing with Sticky Tape and Graphite and acting like they're the next big thing in science. ROFL.

[Jedi3231]

The guy's hair begs the question: Does the scientific community frown upon long hair? I don't mean to come off as a weirdo, but it's something i've always wondered.

[flybyproxy]

That white hair dood is fucking amazingly awesome.

[shafieemv]

Graphite rods taken out of batteries were one of my childhood toys sir. :)

[shafieemv]

I like you sir :D

[thebotmasters5]

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[shoottherunner8008]

Has the nobel prize got easier to win? :L

[SgtCfour]

For anybody confused as to why they were awarded the nobel, here you go.

look up "nobel prize physics 2010" in google and click on the 5th link. (science daily website if the order changed.)

[Copimi]

that haircut is just... well the cartoon hair isnt... umm... just get a haircut dude, it cant possibly be apealing to opposite sex, or anyone else as a matter of fact.

[lexagon]

@Copimi Well the man is married, a professor, a CBE and the soon to be foreign executive of the Royal Society, so I'd say his track record suggests it has had an appeal, given the assumption that it actually makes any difference whatsoever.

[dellerbeller]

I've lost a bet and a cup of tea. DAMN!

[Probewitch]

It's called a lead pencil because the original manufacture used a bright yellow paint on the outside; most colors were dull in thoes days. The yellow paint was bright because it contained lead.

[gtq838]

@Probewitch they actually make and made lead pencils as well... last pretty much forever... interesting about the pain though

[FHomeBrew]

"Scientist fiends the 9001st use for tape, gets nobel prize!" Would be a fun headline :p

[hguner1]

It's worth to see electrochromism in graphene:

?v=IcKSZM39F6c

[aezzenfari]

how the electron move in this case of Garphene ?

[aezzenfari]

how did the electron move in this case of Garphene ?

[MICHAELJONSTON]

I value the Chemists opinions purely based on the fact he looks totally insane :)

That must mean he's right! :P

[cul10043601]

Is his hair real?

[lexichronicle2]

Are these the same guys a Manchester who are doing the molecule beam epitaxy hall sensors? And on that note, why can't this be grown via MBE?

[MrZaapix]

He has got Parkinson!



[lexagon]

@kristijanadrian Seek help.

[BradenNeddermeyer]

Hey I just found out that if I pick my nose, I can roll my boogers up and flick them. Also, when I place a piece of scotch tape on my skin and pull it off, I can see a single layer of skin cells. Braden Neddermeyer for Nobel Peace Prize 2011!!!!

[tishihara1994]

that einstein hair guy is hilarious

[defect530]

this is such a good story

[BradenNeddermeyer]

Why does that deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?

[twg20101]

@BradenNeddermeyer It doesn't.

[dsanzo]

@BradenNeddermeyer lol

[SonOfNye]

Who's the man with the hair? I aspire to this one day.

[TheCarsun]

The professor has been seen on Swedish television !

[wammbarro]

The guy with the hair...nice tie.

[timg455]

Crazy hair!

[T0y0Tac0roll4]

i was wondering why this hairy psycho dude awarded the nobel prize in chemistry for the periodic table in videos and so didn't the creator of the original periodic table: Dmitri Mendeleev.

this is how the jewish lobby works you Brainwashed!

[hxasmirl]

what a stereotypical hair 

[marty1091]

how come scientists are always crazy haired weird dudes?

[TheLittleDonkey]

@marty1091 because they don't spend time on anything else but science.

[sean2mush]

makes me proud to go to manchester university

[HotRock2010]

I go to Nottingham Trent! I'm doing chemistry though i wish i could be doing physics aswell

[grimfandango2006]

great video, nice ending

[TheCrazyFinn]

This guy needs to stop licking batteries.

I discovered the electroconductivity of graphite, when I applied a spark unit from an electric lighter to one end of a pencil, while touching the other end of the pencil...

[MrRobotoToo]

That dude's hair deserves a Nobel Prize in physics for its ability to defy gravity.

[hellothere7654]

@MrRobotoToo

You mean it's the Einstein style? But Einstein was at a very bad shape then.

[nealezumm]

@MrRobotoToo QUITE TRUE! Was thinking the exact same thing. The whole Sixty Symbols crew deserves some sort of award for making science fun without dumbing it down too much. Great show!

[afroguard]

@MrRobotoToo you are too funny lmao.

[2ndhandsoul]

@MrRobotoToo SPACE ELEVATOR HAIR! Just need graphene hairspray/gel to strengthen it.

[jayjjj3]

haven't people been doing this with silly putty for ages?

[VeryOxygen]

@jayjjj3 lol not making transistors out of the stuff

[jayjjj3]

@VeryOxygen I was talking abut separating graphite layers into graphene, not the applications.

[VeryOxygen]

@jayjjj3 I'm aware.

[yeeha96]

Thumbs up for the periodic table tie. xD

[ataymood]

i love the mug... 

[Frankenpalin]

that's Yahoo Serious

[whoppix]

I wonder, what does the footnote on the "best advisor" mug say?

[bogercs]

Like they say, "Never challenge the laws of physics".

[GorgonLuvs8008135]

Doesn't giving the peace prize to obama and other war criminals like kissinger cheapen everything the Nobel comity does.

[iCantSay]

i dont understand why this is a great discovery, : /

[extremewirehead]

@iCantSay All you need to know is that this discovery makes faster computers possible. I'm talking like 10 or 100 times faster

[kbd668]

this guy uses facebook. XD look at the computer behind him

[VampireKick]

@kbd668 how the hell do you know that it's facebook?

[kbd668]

@VampireKick i use facebook...

[VampireKick]

@kbd668 what does that have to do with anything? he's not using facebook, it's this really weird science program that tells stuff about stones and metal. and unless you manage to find this dudes facebook, then you can not prove me wrong

[channelofepicwin]

That guy's hair is amazing! OH MY GOD!

[Paraklet33]

The beauty of it is the simplicity of true intelligence.

[Paraklet33]

The beauty of it is the simplicity of true intelligence

[Paraklet33]

The beauty of it is the simplicity of true intelligence

[tong135799]

0 dislikes? No trolls? That"s a first.

[MrTechGuy1995]

Any possibility of a model of the transistor structure?

[Phoboskomboa]

Next year, Nobel prize awarded for baking soda volcano! The catch? They used red food coloring for the lava!

[Oddessuss]

@Phoboskomboa Its amazing that most simple of experiments can find the most amazing results.

School kids have discovered fundamental laws in science before actual scientists discovered them!

[MonSwon]

That s amazing, I wast sure what i was but thats unreal. What woul it look like? If it was a cm square sheet, you wouldnt be able to see it right? The idea just seems crazy, one atom thin.

[MonSwon]

Fucking hell that is amazing, I wast sure what i was but does this mean in theory you could make (resources providing) a sheet that is any size in length an width but only one atom thin. Thats unreal. What woul it look like? If it was a cm square sheet, you wouldnt be able to see it right? The idea just seems crazy, one atom thin.

[Ivan00081]

причесон заебись

[qaddodi]

I smell jealousy ;)

[zaheercronicious]

Nice tie white hair dude

[8500neds]

@zaheercronicious hahaha...

[7413321]

@zaheercronicious My chemistry teacher has the same tie :D

[mimoh20]

the guy with the white hair looks realy like a sientist :) a wice man ..!! like in a cartoon :D its great

[punkey0]

I'd love to see Professor Eaves' thoughts on graphene's future, not only what technologies are emerging from it and what we can expect to use it for, but how soon we might see it replacing silicon and getting on with fulfilling some of that promise.

[MonSwon]

@punkey0 ye it would be good to hear of the possibilities, there is always a whole load of things that wouldnt have occurred to me.

[delishnoodles]

I can't help but think of Raven (from Questionable Content) trying (or suceeding) to make cupcakene when I watch this video...

[caseyrainer]

Where can I get the Periodic Table tie????

I want it badly....!!!

[duguder]

The books behind the wig, I bet he pull out one per decade.

[kagestar616]

I want his tie so bad.

[Shannariano]

@UserNamei5

it's funny because biologists are thinking the other way. "How a life could be based on silicon? and how silicon could be better than carbon?"

:)

[sadnessinmylife]

Love his TIE!! LMFAO

[kerogre256]

he done it wrong

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

if you went to a park and sat down on a park bench and took a large dump right on a homeless man what would happen? would he turn into dark matter and eat me?

[hwud1]

I bet a school kid discovered it first ... #LOL

[Speediangel]

@hwud1 rly?!!!11111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­1

[uut0]

when i heard that he got graphene with a piece of tape i went lol

[chiafidler]

Cool vid

[eltotoX]

The Professor in sixtysymbols! Awesome!

[525047]

How do you give a Nobel prize for technology that hasn't been invented yet? And even if everything goes according to plan, I might make the case that the world could have lived without a slightly better transistor.

Just my 2 cents

[Fredericks3214]

@525047 Because what they have discovered is a stepping stone for an entire field of electronics.... And people thought we'd be fine with 500 mb of HD space too. Guess how well that worked out?

[IsaFuck]

I love his hair :D

[davedupplaw]

It's great to see the physicists and chemists in one video :)

[idontgiveashit0930]

is that guys hair for real?

[chrisofnottingham]

The video quality of this recording is outstanding, even at 360p.

[jeebersjumpincryst]

@chrisofnottingham yeah i thought that too

[Flush333]

I love his tie

[bigboy45454545]

Best crazy Scientist hair since Albert Einstein. It's fantastic that such simple things can reveal such extraordinary ideas.

[PiThetaPhi]

261 thumbs up, 0 thumbs down !!

[imperatives21]

World's best advisor! (written on his cup) my nobel goes to you!

sticky tapes!!! u have to be kidding me!!

[p6a9u1l42]

this is a real question since its only an atom thick if you had a long enough "sheet" could you cut someone with ease with it. Since it is only as thick as an atom? also wouldnt it be able to be seen when laid down flat and when held sideways invisible by how thin it is? just a question... sorry for my grammer its really late here

[toncora]

@p6a9u1l42 graphite is brittle as it is so no 1 layer would not slice through you, suppose looking at it from the side would be most difficult yes.

[lkaldar]

Amazing! I am so excited for them! Great job! When moments like this come about, I understand that it's good I haven't given uo my PhD studies just yet. First, because I can understand what these people actually did, and, therefore, respect them even more. Second, I caan't wait to get to my own experiments because all of a sudden science actually becomes so exciting and interesting, when one sees what can be done if lots of patience adn hard work is applied. Ihope I can make a tiny contribution

[sakkarugzo]

I am not sure if this question has already being asked, but I was wondering how do you know there is one atomic layer left? How possibly it can be seen through the naked eye?

The experiment sounds really simple though and I think only very smart people do simplify things to prove theories.

[apisteftoss]

@sakkarugzo You can check through an optical microscope. If you deposit the graphene on the tape on oxidized silicon (usually with oxide thickness 300nm or 90nm) then even single layer graphene becomes visible.

[sjsawyer]

I peel of layers of my skin with tape.. can I get a Nobel Prize for that? Pleaseee? :)

[iwan0t0smith]

It's not everyday that the head of department walks into your lecture to tell you that two people who work in the same building as you have won the Nobel prize :D

[engelteir]

could you hit the graphene sheet with resonant frequencies to pill it up onto itself and form ball structures such as buckyballs? was just thinking of that in the shower. i love resonance.

[odaymustdie]

@engelteir You are talking about acoustic resonance perhaps? I don't think that would work because we are talking in nano scales, and if you want to rip off the sheet of graphite from its neighbouring sheets, then you will need to (somehow) perfectly aim your resonant acoustic wave to do that... and that would be incredible hard I guess!

[leungclj]

you gotta be kidding me, I peel off layers of Graphite everyday with tape.... -__- no amused...

[SethTurtle]

The white-haired professor's tie is amazing. I have to tip my hat to his nerdiness.

[shaurz]

I can't wait for graphene computers :-)

[noterstera]

wait, professor's in sixtysymbols?

I Thought it was periodic videos until the end :P

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

Tape can do anything.

Fix your glasses. check!

Fix your favorite cup. check!

Win you a Nobel Prize. check!

[sjsawyer]

@IMakeOrWatchVideos haha

[soulvibe2007]

Here's graphene

watch?v=3sAc4nqAbOs

in action you can see why it will become a big thing if they can get the technology working well and manufacturing cost down.

[8DX]

@soulvibe2007 Isn't selotape quite cheap? lol =) Thanks for the link I'll check it out..

[gwaur]

How thick is the layer of carbon that a pencil deposits?

[calv1nchang]

@gwaur good Q

[sjsawyer]

@gwaur I'm also interested in this..

[odaymustdie]

@gwaur the fact that you can see it with your naked eye means its pretty thick! ;)

[bambinka]

@odaymustdie you have to use an electron microscope to see it

[coogiewoogie]

@gwaur even thinner than you and I put together. lol

[pepsibookcat]

Geim ALSO won and Ig Nobel Prize in 2000.

He's the only individual scientist to win both a Nobel Prize and an Ig so far. :)

[jeebersjumpincryst]

@pepsibookcat

Hi pepsibookcat - re yr comment on periodic about the ignobel prize - do you know of any links to info or vids on this?

Was it by any chance levitating a frog...?

Greatly appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction....

Cheers,

J  :)

[joekirkman]

@jeebersjumpincryst the website is improbable-dot-com, info on the 2000 winners (including geim) at .../ig/winners/#ig2000 and yes it was for frog levitation :)