Hi-Phi, July 2007, issue 162

In this issue...

• CERN fellowships
• Time traveller meets time machine at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
• Everything you always wanted to know about the LHC but were afraid to ask

CERN Fellowships

View the notes for UK applicants for CERN Fellowships

All Fellowship candidates, including those in applied science and engineering, should ensure that their applications, together with all supporting documents, reach CERN by the deadline of 17^th September 2007.

They should not be sent to STFC.

Time traveller meets time machine at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

View this film on Youtube (link opens in a new window) or as podcast from the CERN podcast (link opens in a new window)| site or iTunes.

Barrowman's behind-the-scenes tour and his impressions are recorded in this fast-moving video that is the first in a series that are planned to follow the final stages in completing the LHC and share the results it produces.

Barrowman said "It's nice to be able to see where all these questions that we have hopefully one day will be answered"

The podcast series is funded by STFC's Science in Society programme and is the brain-child of Dr Brian Cox, from the University of Manchester.

Brian said "I passionately believe that everyone is interested in the answers to the fundamental questions explored by the LHC - questions about the origins and fundamental building blocks of our world. The challenge for a podcast is to convey this excitement to as wide an audience as possible. We aim to do this by inviting guests to CERN who are able to communicate their sense of wonder at the immensity of the endeavour to a wide range of people. Who better to begin the series with than John Barrowman? His appeal, particularly amongst fans of Dr Who and Torchwood, will open up our work at CERN to a new young audience."

Everything you always wanted to know about the LHC but were afraid to ask

'The Little Book of the Big Bang - a Big Scientific Adventure' has just been published by STFC. This 16-page, ring-bound, cartoon-style book takes a quirky look at the serious science around the LHC. Its primary audience is teachers and students, with a secondary audience of 'science-interested' public. As well as all the usual science and engineering facts it also features 'science people', with a page of mini-biographies from some of the UK scientists on the project.

The book is free and will soon be available via the resources section of the STFC website|.