Antarctic balloon sees particles with a million times more energy than the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 30/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The ANITA experiment is designed to look for neutrinos, but saw 16 ultra-high-energy cosmic rays by mistake.

At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.4 of Smashing Physics.

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Murray Gell-Mann on ditching what ‘everybody knows’

Posted on 24/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

He started from the patterns of particles created by cosmic rays, took a name from James Joyce, and changed the way we see fundamental physics.

Video at The Guardian.

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Biological Particle Accelerators

Posted on 21/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Biological accelerations of 36,000 times the acceleration due to gravity in this month’s CERN Courier.

At The Guardian.

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Coffee and Neutrons

Posted on 18/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Amazing neutron-vision video of coffee being made. Just one of the things you can do with neutrons, and one of the (few) perks of being on an STFC committee.

At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.2 of Smashing Physics.

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