Discover the COSMOS at the ICT 2013 conference and exhibition
Vilnius, Lithuania 6-8/11/2013
EA and IASA held a stand at the ICT 2013 exhibition, where they presented the Discover the COSMOS pr ...
What is the Higgs Boson?
The Higgs was the last missing ingredient of the Standard Model, a suite of equations that has ruled particle physics for the last half-century, explaining everything from the smell of a rose to the ping when your computer boots up. According to this model, the universe brims with energy that acts like a cosmic molasses, imbuing the particles that move through it with mass, the way a bill moving through Congress attracts riders and amendments, becoming more and more ponderous and controversial.
Nobel Prize Winning Physics at Schools with HYPATIA
The Hunt for Higgs is one of the most popular Discover the COSMOS Demonstrators. You can introduce the Higgs Discovery in the classroom and discuss with your students the importance of Higgs in our understanding of microcosmos. Have a look to the Discover the COSMOS Demonstrator: http://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/en/node/187548
After the CERN OPEN DAYS
Thousands of people visited the "Discover the COSMOS" stand
At the end of September (28th and 29th) CERN organized two full open days ( ...
From Electrons to Galaxies: Greek high schoolers visit CERN
By Angelos Alexopoulos, CERN
Soon after his return to Greece from the Greek Teachers Programme at CERN last autumn, high-school physics t ...
Amazing ?Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013
These are the amazing photos provided by the "Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013" competition.
The awards were just announced at t ...
Asteroid Competition Winner
The National Schools' Observatory (NSO) along with the Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP) and the Discover the Cosmos Project ran a nationwide ...
Discover the COSMOS presence during the CERN open days
At the end of September (28th and 29th) CERN is organizing two full open days (11hour duration each). This is a really big event (details ar ...
Discover the COSMOS presence in the International conference on New Frontiers in Physics
During the International conference on New Frontiers in Physics (http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=198153) in Kolympari, Cha ...
Particle Physics Teaching Materials Contest (MIT)TEILBAR?!
In 2012, there was accomplished a "Discover the Cosmos" Particle Physics Teaching Materials Contest "(MIT)TEILBAR?!" for teaching staff. ...