Ryan Ridden • Jan 16, 2017 •
Colours are everywhere. The colours we see come from light with different wavelengths, but light isn’t the only thing physicists say have colour. In the quantum world the subatomic particles known as quarks have colour. As with everything quantum mechanical the colour of quarks isn’t what it may seem. Quarks can come in a variety of six colours, from red, … Read More
Ryan Ridden • Jan 27, 2016 •
Last year the Large Hadron Collider Beauty experiment found something fantastic. The experiment discovered that the decay of a B meason particle violates the standard model of particle physics. This opens up the door for new ideas and theories to grow. Check out the video to learn more. Read More
Ryan Ridden • Jan 13, 2016 •
In our universe the incredibly tiny and the absolutely enormous are intertwined. In our everyday life there appears to be a clear distinction between the microscopic and macroscopic worlds, however, in many ways this is an illusion. We can begin to see how the two worlds connect by looking at the fundamental rules of the universe, as uncovered by physics … Read More
Peter Griffin • Apr 08, 2014 •
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuMQXFhpPPs Sciblogs Editor’s Picks Public Health Expert – Climate change and cherry blossom Griffin’s Gadgets – Daily News back pedals on climate The Dismal Science – The doctoring cartel Guest Work – Towards a green society … Read More
Ken Perrott • Apr 23, 2013 •
This video - The beginning of the universe, for beginners – is the premiere of a series of five, first of their kind, collaborations between CERN and TED Ed. The series covers the origins of the universe, dark matter, antimatter, big … Continue reading → … Read More
Ken Perrott • Nov 11, 2012 •
This week sees the launch of another book on the Higgs Boson. This one is by the cosmologist Sean Carroll – The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the … Continue reading → … Read More
Guest Work • Jun 12, 2012 •
by Thomas Stace, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Quantum Information at University of Queensland and Peter Rohde, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantum Computation at Macquarie University On a given day, your typical physicist is mainly preoccupied with trying to understand the intimate secrets of the universe. As with most academics, we get to visit one another in parts of the … Read More
Ken Perrott • Apr 10, 2012 •
No, this is not an in-depth critique of string theory along the lines of Lee Smolin’s The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next or Peter Woit’s Not Even Wrong: … Continue reading → … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jun 15, 2011 •
Like, for real. With the naked eye. Cosmic ray tracks in a cloud chamber Another post courtesy of Josh Bailey*, who has been building cloud chambers and documenting the resulting, well, results. I _meant_ to write on the subject, since it’s so frikkin’ cool, but have been somewhat swamped by other things in which … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Nov 25, 2009 •
I see they’ve finally got the Large Hadron Collider to work at last. And the universe did not disappear into a giant black hole. Kind of a pity, really. I was looking forward to the shorter drive to work. Apparently, the Collider is going to unlock the “secrets of the universe”. Of course, we know that [...] Related posts: … Read More