Quarks bonding differently at LHCb

Posted on 13/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

The strong force binds quarks together to form hadrons. Until last Monday, only two types of hadron were known, but the LHCb experiment at CERN has just proved there is a third way

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Lonely chairs at CERN

Posted on 11/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

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Off mass-shell: Pythagoras to the LHC, via Einstein and Feynman

Posted on 06/04/2014 by Jon Butterworth

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Giles Fraser says scientists are replacing theologians. Some thoughts on that

Posted on 27/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

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