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The Antikythera Time Machine
Leonardo da Vinci may have left behind sketches of helicopters, tanks and submarines but it is rare that we find actual artifacts that seem so way ahead of their time. Almost like a science fiction tale of archaeologists finding a wristwatch buried deep in an Egyptian pyramid or motorcar under the foundations of Stonehenge, we […]
Is the moon full? Just ask the LHC operators
June 8, 2012
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to be shift leader for ATLAS. It was a real pleasure for many reasons: being right in the middle of the action, surrounded by an international team of enthusiastic and dedicated people, and taking part in great teamwork. The shift crew (about ten people plus dozens of experts on […]
New CERN Results On Rare B Decays
June 8, 2012
A Tombstone To SUSY ? The CERN average of searches for rare B decays to muon pairs has been shown yesterday in a talk given by Mitesh Patel at the “Physics at the LHC” conference, which is being held in Vancouver (BC) this week. And the results are not very encouraging for supporters of Supersymmetry: the […]
June 8, 2012
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