Category Archives: Particle Physics

The Strumion. And on.

Posted on 01/10/2018 by Jon Butterworth

As many of you will know (pay attention at the back) some theory guy said some exciting stuff at CERN and they have, as usual, suppressed his amazing discovery just like they did with those faster-than-light neutrinos and the fact … Continue reading →

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What is the universe really made of?

Posted on 20/09/2018 by Jon Butterworth

The paperback edition of A Map of the Invisible is out now, and to help promote it we made a few videos on some of the themes in the book. Here’s the first one:  

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Ten years after the “Big Bang”

Posted on 10/09/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Ten years ago it was Wednesday, and at 10:28 in the morning Geneva time the first protons had just made the 27 km journey through the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The media referred to it as “Big Bang Day”, and … Continue reading →

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Anti-protons, Dark Matter and Helium

Posted on 04/09/2018 by Jon Butterworth

First post of “Postcards from the Energy Frontier” at the Cosmic Shambles Network. A new measurement at CERN tells us something about the way particles travel through interstellar space. Which in turn may help a satellite on the International Space … Continue reading →

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