Tag Archives: CERN

Celebrating 60 Years of CERN

Posted on 06/10/2014 by Jon Butterworth

On BBC World Service. Interview with me and Pedro Teixeira-Dias of Royal Holloway. We recorded this on 2 September (after a brief delay when the recording deck went nuts and a load of water poured out of the bottom of … Continue reading →

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What does it feel like when everyone else finds the Higgs, and you don’t?

Posted on 06/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

A short film on the ups, but mainly downs, of a difficult search. A couple of weeks ago we hosted a small-ish meeting at UCL, the sixth “Boost” workshop. I’ve written about these before and I enjoy them a lot. It was great … Continue reading →

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Life & Physics – in pictures

Posted on 07/08/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Science and War

Posted on 26/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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