Category Archives: Physics

Tevatron: end of an amazing era

Posted on 10/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Posted on The Guardian, 10/1/2011.

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One Year On

Posted on 02/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Posted on The Guardian, 2/1/2010.

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Working Title

Posted on 12/12/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Physicists are quite good at retro-fitting acronyms. But Jimmy knows, it has its limits. Particle physics projects come in two types. There are the fancy names, and the tedious acronyms. Sometimes they are both. LHC (or The LHC) is obviously in … Continue reading →

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Colliding Particles: Episode 7

Posted on 27/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Featuring amongst others Nicolas Sarkozy, Fabiola Gianotti, Colin Blakemore at “Science is Vital”, Adam’s PhD viva and a big fountain. And what exactly the big deal is about nanotechnology.

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