• Question: have you ever found something awesome?

    Asked by camawan to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 11 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by james.
    • Photo: Adrian Buzatu

      Adrian Buzatu answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      I was part of a large team that found the Higgs boson. It’s pretty awesome. A fundamental new ingredient of the Universe. The Nobel prize was awarded to the theorists that predicted it.

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      I once found a £20 note just lying in the street!

      Seriously, though, I can’t say I’ve personally made a discovery as amazing as a gravitational wave or a Higgs boson, but the ‘ion source’ I work on every day is pretty awesome. A beautiful pink plasma with hundreds of amps and volts of electricity that would melt your hand off if you could touch it! Have a look on my profile 🙂

    • Photo: Gaia Andreoletti

      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Not yet, I am working on it! 🙂

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