Physics Prof at Royal Holloway, University of London. Particle Physicist. Tweets occasionally, in a personal capacity.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about 42... and much, much more... scientificamerican.com/artic… Math Fans: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Number 42 via @sciam
Well, it was great here while it lasted. I’m moving to the other side, where the sky is bluer. See you over there.
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In an article published today in @Nature, the ATLAS collaboration reports how it succeeded in observing quantum entanglement at the LHC for the first time, between fundamental particles called top quarks and at the highest energies yet. ⤵️ atlas.cern/Updates/Press-Sta…
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When I vote I don't want unaffordable tax cuts.
I want hospital beds.
Libraries reopening.
Trains that run on time.
Kids who aren't too hungry to learn.
Rivers that don't run with slurry.
Local councils not bankrupted.
Politicians who don't venally line their own pockets.
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#OnThisDay in 1910, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin FRS was born. She won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to solve the atomic structure of molecules such as penicillin and insulin, the only British woman scientist to have won a Nobel Prize.
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Thought I would summarise why there is so much excitement in the space weather community right now. There’s a monstrous sunspot group on the Sun that’s massive enough to be visible to the naked eye (please use eclipse glasses) 🌞 👓 (1/n)
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Professor Pedro Teixeira-Dias (@physics_42) from @RHULPhysics @RoyalHolloway on the sad passing of Professor Peter Higgs, the physicist who first proposed the Higgs boson particle in 1964.
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The 80th birthday cake for British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, famous for the Higgs boson, was most extraordinary, featuring particle diagrams showing some of the modes by which his eponymous particle might be produced in collisions, along with the 'sombrero potential' associated with spontaneous symmetry breaking.
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“Besides his outstanding contributions to particle physics, Peter was a very special person, an immensely inspiring figure for physicists across the world, a man of rare modesty, a great teacher and someone who explained physics in a very simple and yet profound way. (1/2)
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The winning video by Bruno Mazzilli for The Great Gig In The Sky in Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary Animation Video Competition.
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Today, the LHC receives the first stable beams of 2024 – a few short weeks after the first #BeamTime of the year and after several weeks of getting the #LHC ready for chapter three of #LHCRun3.
While we appreciate the excitement for the solar eclipse next Monday, CERN’s accelerator complex moves on a different schedule than the geometry of the Universe.😉
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/accelera…
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Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
@CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/cle…
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For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.
I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
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Frank Borman. Hugely under celebrated legend of the Apollo era. Commanded the 1st human crewed mission to leave Earth orbit, travelled further & faster than anyone before him. Apollo 8 is viewed as one of the gutsiest missions in NASA’s history. Farewell. Thank you. Safe flight.
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This is Arnold Sommerfeld and you probably never heard of him.
Yet, he was a physicist who pioneered atomic and quantum physics, educating a large number of students. He served as doctoral supervisor and postdoc supervisor to seven Nobel Prize winners.
Even more interestingly, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize 84 times, more than any other physicist. He never received the award.
