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Bouncing ball experiment

Updated: 2012-01-31 18:26:52

Hi guys - recently in college we have done an experiment where we drop a ball from 10 different heights, and recorded the bounce height. Obviously all the results were tabulated, and then a graph...

Bouncing ball experiment

Updated: 2012-01-31 18:17:47

Hi guys - recently in college we have done an experiment where we drop a ball from 10 different heights, and recorded the bounce height. Obviously all the results were tabulated, and then a graph...

Fermilab sounds debut in “Alternative Energy”

Updated: 2012-01-31 15:33:37

Most Fermilab personnel have learned to ignore the ubiquitous booms, hums, growls and crackles of Fermilab machinery. But composer Mason Bates places these sounds center stage in his new piece "Alternative Energy."

Tech Trends to Watch, from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

Updated: 2012-01-31 13:00:00

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New Affordable Scanning Probe Microscope with Advanced Capabilities

Updated: 2012-01-31 09:56:11

NT-MDT announced the release of the SOLVER Nano Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM). The SOLVER Nano is an affordable SPM with advanced measurement capabilities.

Entanglement Based Approaches in Quantum Chemistry

Updated: 2012-01-31 00:00:00

Workshop: 4 Sep 2012 - 6 Sep 2012, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Organized by Örs Legeza, Beate Paulus, Markus Reiher and Reinhold Schneider.

Mind = Blown

Updated: 2012-01-30 16:37:14

Apologies that real work (to the extent that what I do can be called “work”) has gotten in the way of substantive blogging. But I cannot resist sharing the amazing things I learned this weekend — amazing to me, anyway, although it’s possible I’m the only one here who wasn’t clued in. Thing the first [...]

Photo Quiz: Guess the Image

Updated: 2012-01-29 19:00:00

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-27 18:11:56

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-27 18:11:51

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-27 18:11:43

3rd IMA Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimisation

Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00

Conference: 10 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Organized by Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

5TH IMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFLUENCE AND CONFLICT

Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00

Conference: 23 Apr 2012 - 25 Apr 2012, Sandhurst, United Kingdom. Organized by Pamela Bye.

Fermilab plans for a future of discovery

Updated: 2012-01-26 16:58:36

The only laboratory in the United States dedicated entirely to particle physics recently released its plan for the next two decades.

Rigidity of periodic and symmetrick structures in nature and engineering

Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00

Conference: 23 Feb 2012 - 24 Feb 2012, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Organized by Royal Society.

Nanolaboratories: physics and chemistry of small-molecule endofullerenes

Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00

Conference: 15 Mar 2012 - 16 Mar 2012, Chicheley, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Organized by Royal Society.

XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP2012)

Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00

Conference: 8 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Organized by European Physical Society.

Scientists finish installation of 80-ton ‘particle thermometer’ at ALICE detector

Updated: 2012-01-24 14:50:24

Scientists on the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider just completed the installation of a crucial component for tracking high-energy particle jets. Without it, physicists would be lacking crucial tools to select which events out of billions to store and analyze.

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-20 18:11:59

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-20 18:11:58

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-20 18:11:53

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-20 18:11:47

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-20 18:11:42

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Cutting-edge accelerator design gets results 60 years later

Updated: 2012-01-20 17:33:32

Daresbury’s high-intensity proton accelerator, called EMMA, gains its technological edge through an accelerator concept nearly abandoned a half century ago.

The Tevatron’s enduring computing legacy

Updated: 2012-01-18 21:53:01

Over the course of more than three decades of planning and operation, a tremendous amount of computing innovation was necessary to keep the data flowing and physics results coming at Fermilab's Tevatron. In fact, computing continues to do its work. Although the proton and antiproton beams no longer brighten the Tevatron’s tunnel, physicists expect to be using computing to continue analyzing a vast quantity of collected data for several years to come.

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:41

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:39

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:38

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:35

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:34

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:33

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:31

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:29

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:21

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:16

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:15

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:13

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:12

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:07

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:41:02

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:51

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:50

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:49

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:46

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:45

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:40

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Quantum Diaries

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Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:36

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:34

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:33

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:31

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:28

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:27

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:25

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Quantum Diaries

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:24

Quantum Diaries Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the . world Home About Quantum Diaries Latest Posts All Blogs John Felde UC Davis USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.11.22 Recent Events at UC Davis 2011.11.09 First Double Chooz Neutrino Oscillation Result 2011.09.22 Physics GRE Bootcamp USLHC USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2012.01.10 New State Discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration 2011.12.31 A new year , a new outlook 2011.12.27 Does the world want it to be like that Frank Simon MPI for Physics Germany View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.14 After the talk is before the talk 2011.10.24 Breathe 2011.10.22 The CLIC Physics and Detectors CDR Flip Tanedo USLHC USA View Blog Read Bio Latest Posts 2011.12.12 The Night Before Higgsmas” 2011.12.01

Most Influential Scientists Today

Updated: 2012-01-16 01:40:22

As we all know, our society is a scientific one. All of our modern conveniences are the bounty of great scientific advances. But most of us don’t know the scientists who have most shaped our lives. Yesterday someone sent me a list of the twenty most influential scientists alive and I’ll be completely honest… I [...]

Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation

Updated: 2012-01-15 17:40:44

The annual Edge Question Center has now gone live. This year’s question: “What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?” Find the answers here. I was invited to contribute, but wasn’t feeling very imaginative, so I moved quickly and picked one of the most obvious elegant explanations of all time: Einstein’s explanation for the [...]

Good News/Bad News: Nobel Edition

Updated: 2012-01-13 16:59:12

The good news about winning the Nobel Prize: you get better parking on campus. The bad news: Sheldon Cooper makes fun of you on national TV. Of course you don’t need to watch the ceremonies to learn what all the scientists are wearing this year. I am reliably informed that a regular tuxedo is not [...]

Calling young scientists: Google teams up with CERN and Fermilab for 2012 science fair

Updated: 2012-01-12 16:17:34

Submissions opened today for Google’s second annual science fair. Last year’s winner earned a trip to CERN laboratory in Europe, among other things. This year not one, but two particle physics institutions will contribute to the fair. Engineer Steve Myers, director of accelerators and technology at CERN, and physicist Young-Kee Kim, deputy director of Fermilab, will each participate on the final judging panel. The grand prize winner will receive a trip to visit both labs.

Belle experiment makes exotic discovery

Updated: 2012-01-11 10:29:50

The Belle Experiment at KEK laboratory in Japan has discovered two unexpected new types of hadrons.

Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy

Updated: 2012-01-10 19:38:23

Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have independently made the largest direct measurements of the invisible scaffolding of the universe, building maps of dark matter using new methods that, in turn, will remove key hurdles for understanding dark energy with ground-based telescopes.

J-PARC completes first successful test run after earthquake

Updated: 2012-01-05 16:32:24

Ten months after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan, the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) completed the first full test run for their system.

LHC heads into new year with first particle discovery

Updated: 2012-01-03 15:18:33

The first new particle was seen at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland shortly before Christmas. The ATLAS collaboration announced the discovery of the particle Chi-b (3P), which consists of a bottom quark and antiquark particle bound together by the strong force. This force holds all atomic nuclei together so understanding Chi-b (3P) could [...]

Fukushima In 40 Year Cold Shutdown

Updated: 2011-12-30 22:17:00

: skip to main skip to sidebar The Science of Conundrums THE IMPACT OF MEGASCIENCE Friday , December 30, 2011 Fukushima In 40 Year Cold Shutdown Alan Gillis Reports Nine months after the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami , the Japanese Government claims that the 3 damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi are in cold shutdown conditions . Yes , if you add conditions which they did . At best with all the jerry-rigging to cool down the melted reactor cores and melted spent fuel pond at Reactor 4, using a mile of rubber hose to patch in new pumps , also add Temporary to cold shutdown conditions and 40 years to dismantle the industrial carnage in the Japanese government's new plan . That is if all goes well and new technologies are developed to safely remove melted cores and rods and dispose of

A Year Well Blogged

Updated: 2011-12-29 19:33:11

‘Tis the season when bloggers, playing out the string between Xmas and New Year’s, fill the void with greatest-hits lists from the year just passed. But a question inevitably arises: how does one decide which posts to include? There are many different criteria, and preferring one to another might lead to very different lists. This [...]

Higgs Update: Holiday Edition

Updated: 2011-12-18 20:46:22

I apologize, dear galleons. My mind has been elsewhere the past few days. Namely, I’ve been pl

BLOW YOUR MIND!

Updated: 2011-12-18 11:10:44

Image via Wikipedia The brain is a magical, marvellous piece of kit, isn’t it? Snuggly fitting

Scientists on Track of the Elusive God Particle

Updated: 2011-12-17 21:50:56

Here is some exciting news from the world of particle physics. I wrote about this once before and it

Cambodia: Higgs on the Horizon?

Updated: 2011-12-17 11:47:06

Scientists at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory in Switzerland, believe they have seen

So where does the Higgs boson come from?

Updated: 2011-12-17 10:15:58

(Before we begin: all uses of the term “vacuum” in this discussion do not denote the abs

While searching

Updated: 2011-12-16 20:00:00

While searching for the legendary “Huggs particle,” scientists at CERN discover the true

PTB News@11 for 12/15/11

Updated: 2011-12-16 06:25:06

Putin Denounces Protests and Dismisses Claims of Election Fraud Outcry Over Removal of Advertisement

Where Did The Universe Come From; Lawrence Krauss Will Tell You

Updated: 2011-12-16 00:15:21

Lawrence Krauss is one of the world’s leading physicists and his main area of interest is disc

Unraveling the Universe One God Particle at a Time

Updated: 2011-12-15 22:09:17

What is the God Particle and Why Should I Care? Dr. Michael T. Gamble [main image: the ATLAS experim

Higgs Boson Finally Found ? (cartoon by Chappatte)

Updated: 2011-12-15 21:30:04

Wordstuff - 15/12/11

Updated: 2011-12-15 21:21:57

– The media continues to demand straight-forward, definitive, unchanging yes/no answers about

To Higgs or not to Higgs

Updated: 2011-12-15 19:36:58

Fabiola Gianotti, the ATLAS spokesperson, Guido Tonelli, the CMS spokesperson and Rolf Heuer, the CE

Eilam Gross: Higgs - The Best There Is, For Now

Updated: 2011-12-14 16:05:57

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First Glimpse of the Higgs Boson: Guest post from Jack Gunion

Updated: 2011-12-13 23:59:37

Perhaps best known in the field of particle physics as the co-author of the Higgs Hunter’s Guide, Jack Gunion has been in the theoretical trenches of the search for the Higgs boson for several decades now. He is a senior professor and leader of the theoretical particle physics group at UC Davis, where he has [...]

Science! It Marches On

Updated: 2011-12-13 16:39:22

The news from Geneva this morning is in. Essentials: what we’re seeing is pretty consistent with the existence of a Higgs boson around 123-126 GeV. The data aren’t nearly conclusive enough to say that it’s definitely there. But the LHC is purring along, and a year from now we’ll know a lot more. It’s like [...]

ATLAS has better fluctuations…

Updated: 2011-12-13 15:51:43

and CMS has the better analysis. Fabiola Gianotti made a masterful presentation of the ATLAS Higgs search, and Guido Tonelli made a highly insightful and detailed one for CMS. The presentations were both excellent with a wealth of information that will take time to digest. The bottom line, though, is that both collaborations observe a [...]

Tune In!

Updated: 2011-12-13 08:20:44

Later today, there'll be a joint seminar by physicists from ATLAS and CMS, the two experimental halls at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) looking for evidence of the Higgs boson. This will be the first official announcement of the physics seen (or not seen) by the combined results from both independent searches. Neither search has enough data to announce a discovery of anything (as far as I've heard) and the combined results would not constitute one either, but people are hoping for at least some nice hints of something suggestive that support each other. We shall see! this is an exciting time, as you've read me say before, and so I recommend looking out for what will be announced. Even a negative result (e.g., "we've found nothing yet") [...]

Not Being Announced Tomorrow: Discovery of the Higgs Boson

Updated: 2011-12-12 18:35:23

Tomorrow, Tuesday 13 December, there will be a couple of seminars at CERN presented by Fabiola Gianotti and Guido Tonelli, speaking respectively for the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at the LHC. They will be updating us on the current status of the search for the Higgs boson. The seminars will be webcast from CERN, and [...]

A Salon of Ideas

Updated: 2011-12-07 18:42:23

Matt Strassler’s post prodded me to look back and notice something: we really have had quite an amazing collection of guest bloggers over the years. There is a page on the site dedicated to keeping track (as well as a category), but nobody every clicks there, so I thought I would just reproduce the list [...]

Guest Post: Matt Strassler on Hunting for the Higgs

Updated: 2011-12-06 16:32:26

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Higgs boson. Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “desperately seeking” in this context. We need it, but so far we can’t find it. This all might change soon — there are seminars scheduled at CERN by both of the big LHC collaborations, to update us on their progress in looking for [...]