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A personal blog about the latest news from cosmology, particles and astrophysics. The author is occasionally a particle physicist herself. Expect attempts at jokes and references to scifi and cocktails.

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The latest in Ph-word: June 2020

  • 8 months ago
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A few kicked-out electrons, two shaken stars, a strange body and the power of shadow.

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  • elementary particles
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Μετρώντας αντιύλη – Measuring antimatter

  • 8 months ago
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Με την αποθήκευση και χρήση ατόμων αντιύλης, το πείραμα ALPHA στο CERN ανοίγει νέους δρόμους – An unpublished article about the ALPHA antimatter experiment.

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The kickin’ link: Particle Zoo

  • 9 months ago
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Elementary particles teddy bears.

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Near the end of the weird spring

  • 9 months ago
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Are you here for last month’s news? for art? for procrastination?

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The latest in Ph-word: May 2020

  • 9 months ago
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A visible black hole, lost-and-found matter, baby planets.

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The kickin’ link: Retro space

  • 9 months ago
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Get nostalgic for the future with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s collection of travel posters for the skies.

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The kickin’ link: Tips for female cosmonauts

  • 9 months ago
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Remember when cosmonaut Yelena Serova was asked how she would look after her hair in space? Or when astronaut Sally Ride was asked ‘do you weep when things go wrong on the job?’

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What a month

  • 10 months ago
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Can you believe that I had to write two posts in order to cover everything in April? (Plus four smaller ones; plus thoughts and links.)

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The latest in Ph-word: April 2020 part #2

  • 10 months ago
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So many things happened during this bombshell month that I don’t know where to start. Black hole photos, fast radio bursts, antineutrinos, gravity, clocks, orbits…

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The latest in Ph-word: April 2020 part #1

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Do neutrinos and antineutrinos behave in exactly the same way? Enter T2K.

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