Steven Lowette
@stevenlowette.bsky.social
Research prof at VUBrussel on the CMS, milliQan and Formosa experiments at CERN - Dark Matter and exotics.
Duolingo included chess matches with real opponents in their chess course and now my adrenaline levels are spiking.
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Duolingo included chess matches with real opponents in their chess course and now my adrenaline levels are spiking.
Reposted by Steven Lowette
Groundbreaking calorimeter for the #HiLumiLHC
The @cmsexperiment.bsky.social has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ex...
The @cmsexperiment.bsky.social has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ex...
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Groundbreaking calorimeter for the #HiLumiLHC
The @cmsexperiment.bsky.social has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ex...
The @cmsexperiment.bsky.social has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ex...
Muography of tornadoes 🧐
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20182
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20182
Atmospheric Muon Measurements Near Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Storms in the US Central Plains
Tornadoes and other severe weather hazards affect thousands of people every year. Despite this, the details surrounding tornadic processes including formation, decay, and longevity are not well unders...
arxiv.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Muography of tornadoes 🧐
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20182
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20182
Ik heb precies een feestje gemist op het werk...
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Ik heb precies een feestje gemist op het werk...
The Challenger accident, one of my oldest memories of television images leaving a profound impression. 40y ago already...
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The Challenger accident, one of my oldest memories of television images leaving a profound impression. 40y ago already...
I had lunch with a guy from Minnesota today, and it all made total sense 🙂
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I had lunch with a guy from Minnesota today, and it all made total sense 🙂
On my way to the CMS Exotica workshop, decided last minute to attend (partly) in person. Passing through Paris on my way...
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 AM
On my way to the CMS Exotica workshop, decided last minute to attend (partly) in person. Passing through Paris on my way...
Reposted by Steven Lowette
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu."
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu."
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Look at that 🤩
What can you do with 380 million #Higgs bosons?
What is the fate of the universe? Why is there more matter than #antimatter? What lurks beyond the #StandardModel? Valentina Cairo & Steven Lowette explore the physics reach of the High-Luminosity LHC (#HiLumiLHC) in the new issue of the #CERNCourier.
What is the fate of the universe? Why is there more matter than #antimatter? What lurks beyond the #StandardModel? Valentina Cairo & Steven Lowette explore the physics reach of the High-Luminosity LHC (#HiLumiLHC) in the new issue of the #CERNCourier.
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Look at that 🤩
Reposted by Steven Lowette
The point of these posts by Trump is to ritualistically humiliate European leaders.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The point of these posts by Trump is to ritualistically humiliate European leaders.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
Now over Belgium. Colors visible with the naked eye!
2s shutter time at max iso on my phone. The second picture is in the zenith!!!
H/t @kadacode.bsky.social
2s shutter time at max iso on my phone. The second picture is in the zenith!!!
H/t @kadacode.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Now over Belgium. Colors visible with the naked eye!
2s shutter time at max iso on my phone. The second picture is in the zenith!!!
H/t @kadacode.bsky.social
2s shutter time at max iso on my phone. The second picture is in the zenith!!!
H/t @kadacode.bsky.social
Reposted by Steven Lowette
Complete this short survey and help my PhD student to discover how visual differences between languages impact our reading experience. We need the help of many readers of different languages to collect data.
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Thank you for your help and please share 😘! 🙌 🌎🌍🌏
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Thank you for your help and please share 😘! 🙌 🌎🌍🌏
January 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Complete this short survey and help my PhD student to discover how visual differences between languages impact our reading experience. We need the help of many readers of different languages to collect data.
🔗 comfortread.framer.ai
Thank you for your help and please share 😘! 🙌 🌎🌍🌏
🔗 comfortread.framer.ai
Thank you for your help and please share 😘! 🙌 🌎🌍🌏
"At some point, the Standard Model of particle physics will crack."
Mark Thomson, CERN DG, in his new-year message.
home.cern/news/opinion...
Mark Thomson, CERN DG, in his new-year message.
home.cern/news/opinion...
Building a culture for success
The next five years will be critical for CERN. We will move from a period dominated by LHC operation to one of implementing the HL-LHC while at the same time progressing the FCC-ee as CERN’s next flag...
home.cern
January 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
"At some point, the Standard Model of particle physics will crack."
Mark Thomson, CERN DG, in his new-year message.
home.cern/news/opinion...
Mark Thomson, CERN DG, in his new-year message.
home.cern/news/opinion...
Reposted by Steven Lowette
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
Hey Europese leiders, gaan jullie je weer door die pestkop laten doen of eens eindelijk een rode lijn trekken? De Europese bevolking steunt je hoor. Die weten ook dat hoe langer je dit toelaat, hoe erger het wordt, en hoe minder Europa er over blijft.
January 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Hey Europese leiders, gaan jullie je weer door die pestkop laten doen of eens eindelijk een rode lijn trekken? De Europese bevolking steunt je hoor. Die weten ook dat hoe langer je dit toelaat, hoe erger het wordt, en hoe minder Europa er over blijft.
Second day of enjoying physics history and links to the present. We already had as speakers the I from the GIM mechanism, the S from MSW, and now the P from the DGLAP equation. Speeches from 3 Nobel prize winners and other giants of the field. A marvellous anniversary indeed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Second day of enjoying physics history and links to the present. We already had as speakers the I from the GIM mechanism, the S from MSW, and now the P from the DGLAP equation. Speeches from 3 Nobel prize winners and other giants of the field. A marvellous anniversary indeed.
On my way to Paris - celebrating 60y of Rencontres de Moriond. 🥳
Very nice lineup for this symposium!
moriond.in2p3.fr/60years/agen...
Very nice lineup for this symposium!
moriond.in2p3.fr/60years/agen...
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 AM
On my way to Paris - celebrating 60y of Rencontres de Moriond. 🥳
Very nice lineup for this symposium!
moriond.in2p3.fr/60years/agen...
Very nice lineup for this symposium!
moriond.in2p3.fr/60years/agen...
Feature article in CERN Courier, p31-34 🤩
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cerncourier.com/wp-content/u...
cerncourier.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Feature article in CERN Courier, p31-34 🤩
cerncourier.com/wp-content/u...
cerncourier.com/wp-content/u...
Visiting CERN with MP Flanders and university rectors. Stunning stuff! This is SM18, where the next-gen magnets for HL-LHC are tested.
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Visiting CERN with MP Flanders and university rectors. Stunning stuff! This is SM18, where the next-gen magnets for HL-LHC are tested.
I'm going in mental overdrive already for the week ahead:
* we're hosting a VIP visit to CERN on Tuesday touring Flemish academic leaders and minister;
* exams back in Brussels on Thursday;
* celebrating 60y of Moriond in Paris on Friday/Saturday
Going to be amazing!
* we're hosting a VIP visit to CERN on Tuesday touring Flemish academic leaders and minister;
* exams back in Brussels on Thursday;
* celebrating 60y of Moriond in Paris on Friday/Saturday
Going to be amazing!
a black and white photo of a man with the year 2022 on the bottom right
ALT: a black and white photo of a man with the year 2022 on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I'm going in mental overdrive already for the week ahead:
* we're hosting a VIP visit to CERN on Tuesday touring Flemish academic leaders and minister;
* exams back in Brussels on Thursday;
* celebrating 60y of Moriond in Paris on Friday/Saturday
Going to be amazing!
* we're hosting a VIP visit to CERN on Tuesday touring Flemish academic leaders and minister;
* exams back in Brussels on Thursday;
* celebrating 60y of Moriond in Paris on Friday/Saturday
Going to be amazing!
By switching off the turbo button on our 286, Tetris was easier because slower.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
By switching off the turbo button on our 286, Tetris was easier because slower.
Reposted by Steven Lowette
Je kan ook meteen X verbieden ; lijkt me een top idee.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Minister Matz onderzoekt schorsing AI-chatbot Grok na productie seksuele deepfakes van (onder meer) minderjarigen | VRT NWS: nieuws
Minister van Digitalisering Vanessa Matz (Les Engagés) neemt maatregelen tegen Grok, de omstreden AI-chatbot van X. Ze heeft contact opgenomen met het parket en onderzoekt of de tool kan worden opgesc...
www.vrt.be
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Je kan ook meteen X verbieden ; lijkt me een top idee.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Vroeger stond er in mijn bio een echt citaat:
"Het citeren: ongeneeslijke kwaal voor al wie meer geheugen heeft dan verstand." (Karel Jonckheere)
"Het citeren: ongeneeslijke kwaal voor al wie meer geheugen heeft dan verstand." (Karel Jonckheere)
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Vroeger stond er in mijn bio een echt citaat:
"Het citeren: ongeneeslijke kwaal voor al wie meer geheugen heeft dan verstand." (Karel Jonckheere)
"Het citeren: ongeneeslijke kwaal voor al wie meer geheugen heeft dan verstand." (Karel Jonckheere)