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    Interviews and contributions to the media

    High energy particle physics attempts to answer some of the universe's "big questions". Lots of folks want to find out more about CERN, Dark Matter, Higgs Bosons, Black Holes... here are some outreach activities I've been involved in...

    Oxford Podcast The University of Oxford has become part of Apple's iTunes U initiative, whereby universities around the world are making free podcasts available to be downloaded from Apple's portal. My particle physics podcast can be downloaded from the Oxford iTunes site.

    7 Oct 2008

    Sky news LHC first beam

    The mood of scientists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) swung from nervous anticipation to relief as the world's most expensive experiment got under way successfully.

    10 Sept 2008

    The Times Day in the life

    The Large Hadron Collider - an atom-smasher - will beam sub-atomic particles around a huge tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border. Eventually, scientists hope to smash the particles into each other, recreating conditions thought to have occurred immediately after the Big Bang...

    9 Sept 2008

    Oxford Science BlogScience Blog

    Recent updates on Science in Oxford

    From 5 Aug 2008

    YouTubeLHC startup video diary

    Video Diary from CERN documenting the start-up of the LHC on a day-to-day basis.

    From 4 Aug 2008

    Science Oxford The biggest experiment in the world

    Discussion evening explaining the run-up to the turn on of the Large Hadron Collider.

    From 21 Aug 2008

    National Geographic ChannelMegastructures - Atom Smasher

    The Large Hadron Collider is a titan of science. Built on an unsurpassed scale, scientists aim to capture the smallest particles in the universe.

    31 July 2008

    Oxford Mail & Oxford TimesStudents get science masterclass

    Local school students come to Oxford Uni for a masterclass in physics.

    24th March 2008

    Channel 4 newsScientists create gigantic machine to recreate the Big Bang

    Introduction to the LHC and its science from Channel 4 news.

    19 December 2006

    BBC onlineEnergising the quest for 'big theory'

    LHC construction phase and reason/motivation for building.

    3 January 2006

    Day to day press-releases on high energy physics can be found at www.interactions.org.

    Inside the ATLAS detector


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    c.gwenlan1@physics.ox.ac.uk