Tag Archives: LHC

Should we change the Higgs boson’s name?

Posted on 28/04/2013 by

I wrote this piece on the blog about Higgs boson naming, and was then asked to write something for g2. This appeared on the web here (not in the usual Life & Physics slot, hence this post so I can … Continue reading →

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Told you so…

Posted on 11/05/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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Rumours of the Higgs at ATLAS

Posted on 24/04/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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Large Hadron Collider sets world record beam intensity

Posted on 22/04/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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Putting the Higgs Boson in its place

Posted on 17/04/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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My favourite particle: the proton

Posted on 26/03/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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Frontier Physics

Posted on 02/03/2011 by

At the energy frontier, there are prospectors and surveyors. And of course absolutely no cowboys. At The Guardian.

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Weak gravitational lensing and weak arguments

Posted on 23/01/2011 by

Bending of light by dark matter is a vital observational tool in cosmology. So if you are going to use cosmology to accuse financial institutions of a “blind faith in maths”, you might at least google it first. At The … Continue reading →

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One Year On

Posted on 02/01/2011 by

Posted on The Guardian, 2/1/2010.

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Border Country

Posted on 12/12/2010 by

From Barnet to Evian via a new toothbrush and an old railway station. At The Guardian

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