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Author Archives: Jon Butterworth
The Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars
At the Guardian.
Posted in Astrophysics, Physics, Science
Tagged Perimeter Institute, video
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Muonium – the most exotic atom?
I’d never heard of it before this week, but it’s real. And there are plans to use it to look for antigravity At the Guardian.
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged antimatter, Guardian, muon, PSI
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Neutrinos, antimatter, and science as a holistic detective agency
‘Holistic’ is a much abused word. Like ‘quantum’ and ‘paradigm’, it is beloved of snake-oil sellers of many types. But some kind of interconnectedness forms a key part of science’s defence against spurious results and crackpots. Two new scientific results … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Alpha, antimatter, books, CERN, Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams, LHC, Neutrinos, Philip W Anderson, supersymmetry
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The ultra-violent origins of gold
It seems supernovas aren’t enough. Nature has an even more extreme way of making heavy elements. And we may be on the point of observing the distortions of space-time caused in the process Read more at the Guardian. And, just … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophysics, Physics, Science
Tagged gravitational waves, nucleosynthesis
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