Category Archives: Physics

What goes on inside a proton?

Quarks and gluons make weird slopes and shapes inside the proton. Understanding them precisely was important for the first results from Cern’s Large Hadron Collider, and continues to be so as we approach the restart over the next few weeks … Continue reading

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Dark Matter: An Axion to grind?

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Large Hadron Collider Quiz: Are you ready for Run 2?

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Symmetry, and breaking it

How symmetries, and broken symmetries, help physics to be objective and help me to keep my equanimity At the Guardian.

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