Tag Archives: Smashing Physics

Can cosmic rays shoot down aeroplanes?

Posted on 16/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

The ISIS facility is the place to go to find out, thanks to a new £11m investment announced this week. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.2 of Smashing Physics.

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Japanese high-energy physics facilities affected by quake

Posted on 12/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Two major particle physics labs are a couple of hundred kilometres south of Sendai. The earthquake struck just before a seminar to announce the first T2K neutrino results. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 5.5 of Smashing Physics.

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Frontier Physics

Posted on 02/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the energy frontier, there are prospectors and surveyors. And of course absolutely no cowboys. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.3 of Smashing Physics.

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Large Hadron Collider to continue running through 2012

Posted on 31/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 4.7 of Smashing Physics.

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