STFC Particle Physics

ALT 10 historic photos from CERN in a grid. Text reads: 70 years of the UK at CERN

ALT Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves talk with Daresbury Lab apprentices and Executive Chair Professor Mark Thomson

ALT Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves look up at scientific equipment in STFC's Daresbury Laboratory, accompanied by an apprentice

ALT A 3 panelled comic titled 'The crochet chronicles: Quarks assemble. What are particles?' Narrator: Pat the particle is an purple crocheted character wearing a black beanie with a multicoloured pom pom. It's body is split into thirds each third a different shade of purple with different coloured circles on. Panel 1: Pat saying "Hi! My name is Pat the particle." Panel 2: Pat saying "I'm made of smaller particles called quarks." and thought bubble containing 6 multicoloured crocheted circles and text saying 'Particles made up everything in the universe!' Panel 3: Pat saying "That makes me a special type of particle, called a hadron."

ALT Pat, a round purple crocheted character wearing a black woolly hat. Three crocheted disks sit on their cheeks and mouth area with symbols for different quarks. These can be moved around and interchanged to make Pat represent a different particle.

ALT Angelique, a young woman, sitting at her desk and smiling at the camera. Four crocheted mascots are on the desk and she is holding another in her hands.