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Large Hadron Collider

The Higgs Boson – background information

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 December 201114 December 2011

Our colleagues at the Canadian Science Media Centre have kindly put together the following backgrounder on the Higgs Boson. What […]

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Large Hadron Collider success celebrated – research finally underway

In the News  |  Published: 31 March 201001 April 2010

Today, scientists at CERN in Geneva erupted into cheers as the world’s largest particle accelerator produced its first planned proton […]

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Radio NZ: Shaun Hendy on the Higgs boson

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 26 January 201028 January 2010

Dr Shaun Hendy, of VUW, IRL and the MacDiarmid Institute, talks with Bryan Crump about the Large Hadron Collider and […]

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The Large Hadron Collider – separating myth from reality

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 11 November 2009

Last week at Science Express @ Te Papa, physicist Marcus Wilson spoke about the Large Hadron Collider, and the myths […]

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Downtime not all bad for the Large Hadron Collider kiwis

In the News  |  Published: 06 December 200809 December 2008

The Large Hadron Collider, which was launched with huge fanfare in September and soon after sprung a leak and was […]

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Kiwis surveyed on the Large Hadron Collider

In the News  |  Published: 24 September 200801 December 2010

New Zealand Herald: Kiwis fear the atom-smasher, says survey The survey asked how closely people had followed news coverage of […]

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Interview about the Large Hadron Collider

In the News  |  Published: 16 July 200822 September 2008

Radio New Zealand’s Kathryn Ryan interviews an expert from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. Listen to the interview here. […]

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