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About Jon Butterworth

UCL Physics prof, works on LHC, writes (books, Cosmic Shambles and elsewhere). Citizen of England, UK, Europe & Nowhere, apparently.

Exams! Don’t panic

Posted on 26/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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True enough for year 8

Posted on 21/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Quarks bonding differently at LHCb

Posted on 13/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

The strong force binds quarks together to form hadrons. Until last Monday, only two types of hadron were known, but the LHCb experiment at CERN has just proved there is a third way At the Guardian.

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Lonely chairs at CERN

Posted on 11/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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