Category Archives: Particle Physics

Phase transitions: steam engines, Dark Matter and the Higgs

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Bears on stairs, Bez stares on: Manchester Science Festival

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Life and Physics in pictures – No.2

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Why so much excitement over the Higgs boson?

On 5th September I talked to Robyn Williams of ABC (Australia) The Science Show in a basement room at UCL. We covered the Higgs, the LHC, Smashing Physics, all kinds of things, and he recorded it on a very elderly … Continue reading

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