Posts Tagged ‘particle physics’
Can neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light?
News reports today suggest that researchers working on the Opera Collaboration, an experiment designed to test the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, have evidence which shows that neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light. The experiment which involves sending neutrinos through the ground from CERN, Geneva, toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away in [...]
Small Particles make Big Splash
This month small particles have been making a big splash with pupils in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset schools. Over 3000 students and teachers have heard CERN & Bristol University physicist Dr Helen Heath talking about what is probably the largest physics experiment in the world – the Large Hadron Collider. Dr Heath was touring South West schools with [...]
Particle physics is not just black holes and antimatter
Today’s launch of the latest IOP report showed that particle physics saves lives, connects continents through new channels of communication, helps us understand the world around us and inspires tomorrow’s leaders. While the perils associated with particle physics, from Earth-gobbling black holes to Vatican-destroying amounts of antimatter, gain news headlines, it’s easy to overlook the [...]
