Category Archives: Physics

Speckled eggs and the early universe

Posted on 26/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

‘The deviations were there way before that… That’s what makes this so cool.’ Ed Copeland explains Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and the Planck results Still wondering exactly why Planck’s speckled-egg pictures are so wonderful? Here’s a typically relaxed and clear explanation by Ed … Continue reading →

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Searching for supersymmetry: some frustration but no despair

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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Birth of a new particle

Posted on 07/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

From the switch-on of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider through rumours, hints, discovery and now increasingly precise measurements. The Higgs boson – so far – in a real data animation from ATLAS Read on at the Guardian.

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Has this blog changed your life?

Posted on 23/02/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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