Category Archives: Physics

“He completely lost me on gravity”

Posted on 23/03/2011 by lilyasquith

At The Guardian. I got a typically hilarious email from my wonderful mother this morning. Tempted as I am to copy and pasted the email into this blog, it would ruin my retirement plan to publish a compendium of every … Continue reading →

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My favourite particle: the electron.

Posted on 17/03/2011 by lilyasquith

(Also at The Guardian.) This week my favorite particle is the electron (one of the best things about working in particle physics is that it accommodates my fickle heart and mood swings perfectly). Electrons occupy every atom in the universe. … Continue reading →

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Can cosmic rays shoot down aeroplanes?

Posted on 16/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

The ISIS facility is the place to go to find out, thanks to a new £11m investment announced this week. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.2 of Smashing Physics.

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Blogging the Big Bang

Posted on 15/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Flying penguins vs plastic balls at the ExCel Centre. Justin Evans, a researcher at UCL, tells the tale… At The Guardian.

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