Category Archives: Physics Stories

Peter Higgs, UCL and the Right Honorable William Waldegrave

We’re not just looking for his boson, we also gave him a fellowship and explained his mechanism to William Waldegrave. At The Guardian.

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Moving Home

The Guardian have decided to host “Life and Physics” on their site. I’m really pleased about it, since I guess it can only mean a wider readership. I am also flattered that professionals wish to associate their paper with my … Continue reading

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Notes from Chicago

Now at The Guardian. I am Lily, a new postdoc at Argonne National Lab.  I’m the one who thinks she can find the Higgs boson by listening to it. Thanks Jon for letting me play on your blog. I moved … Continue reading

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Brain Drained

This post also at the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.5 of Smashing Physics. On Saturday I went to a leaving party for Lily Asquith of LHCSound fame. Lily was one of our PhD students on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Having graduated, … Continue reading

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