Breakthrough Junior Challenge
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual challenge that invites students, ages 13-18, to share their passion for math and science with the world!
6 units129 videos9 hours
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Unit 1: 2015 Challenge
2015 Challenge — Mathematics
2015 Challenge — Life sciences
2015 Challenge — Physics
Special theory of relativity - 2015 Challenge Winner!7:34
A visualization of special relativity ✓ Check-ins9:36
Chromatic aberration5:50
Orbital mechanics8:59
What is light?9:59
Special and general relativity8:07
The science of fireworks9:48
Quantum tunneling6:46
Antimatter9:56
Special Relativity10:33
What Einstein missed: The EPR paradox ✓ Check-ins8:30
Virtual particles and gravity9:40
Interstellar and Hawking radiation5:01
All about superconductors10:00
Entropy and the direction of time10:01
Magnetism, light and the magneto optic Kerr effect9:59
The theory of everything8:24
Unit 2: 2018 Challenge
2018 Challenge — Mathematics
2018 Challenge — Life sciences
Unit 3: 2019 Challenge
2019 Challenge — Finalists
Cryptography: The RSA algorithm3:01
DNA 2: Electric Boogaloo2:59
Neutrino astronomy: a new frontier3:00
Gravitational waves2:56
Moment of inertia3:00
Quantum levitation3:00
Boltzmann's entropy and arrow of time3:01
Photosynthesis, the quantum magician3:00
Immune checkpoint inhibitors3:00
Chariklo belt formation: a simulation study3:00
A brief introduction to integral calculus2:51
Optogenetics3:00
Everything you need to know about time travel2:59
Stress3:00
Hawking radiation3:01
Telomeres3:00
Unit 4: 2020 Challenge
2020 Challenge — Popular vote regional champions
2020 Challenge — Finalists
RNA Vaccines: A Promising Solution to COVID-193:00
Some Infinities Are Bigger than Other Infinities3:00
The Theory of General Relativity3:00
The Mystery of Dark Matter2:57
Noise vs. Bits: Increasing the Stability of Quantum Computing ✓ Check-ins3:00
The Higgs Field: A Solution To A Massive Problem2:58
Schrödinger's Cat: Dead, Alive or Both? ✓ Check-ins3:00
Boosting Versus Coronavirus2:59
The Protein Folding Problem2:55
Infection: Impossible3:00
2020 Challenge — Winner
Unit 5: 2021 Challenge
2021 Challenge - Finalist and popular vote top scorers
Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter3:00
What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?3:00
What is Time Dilation?3:00
Can Trees Communicate?2:57
Gravitational Waves: The Invisible Key to Unlocking Our Universe2:59
Quantum Tunneling3:00
The Shape of the Universe3:00
The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation3:01
Van der Waals and Casimir Forces3:00
The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive2:59
Electric Propulsion: Small Push, Giant Leap3:00
Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained2:58
What is the Theory of Everything?2:59
Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past3:00
Brain City and the Protein Roadblocks3:00
You Are Part Virus: Human Endogenous Retroviruses3:01
2021 Challenge - Popular vote regional champions
- Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter3:00
Pharmacokinetics & Bioavailability3:01- The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive2:59
- Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained2:58
- Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past3:00
How COVID-19 PCR Testing Works3:00- What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?3:00
Unit 6: 2022 Challenge
2022 Challenge - Finalist and popular vote top scorers
Light and Sleep Cycle1:30
Life and Entropy1:30
Referred Pain1:30
What is Light?1:30
Gabriel's Horn1:30
Gaussian Curvature1:31
Noise Cancellation1:30
Pancake Theorem1:30
Quantum Superposition1:30
Muons and New Physics1:30
Silicon Life?1:30
Chirality1:30
Tachyons1:29
Quantum Entanglement1:30
GPS and Time Dilation1:30
Theory of General Relativity1:30
2022 Challenge - Popular vote regional champions
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