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Mark Rayner
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Editor of CERN Courier magazine @cerncourier.bsky.social. Former accelerator physicist, neutrino physicist and researcher in labour-market economics.
That makes four editions published since I took over as editor — and my favourite page to work on is still the cover

If you have a passion for #DataViz, illustration or photography, and are open to making a contribution pro bono, don't hesitate to get in touch! #CERNCourier
February 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#ICYMI The nitty gritty of how the Higgs field may interact with neutrinos, with no maths

cerncourier.com/a/the-neutri...
February 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
76 new particles have been discovered at the LHC so far: the Higgs boson, 52 conventional hadrons and a bestiary of 23 exotic hadrons whose structure cannot reliably be explained or their existence predicted.

If you're sketchy about the 23...

cerncourier.com/a/a-bestiary... @koppenburg.ch
January 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a post doc, I was a huge nerd for unfolding — essentially the "zoom and enhance" trope in films, where you remove distortions from data

A brilliant young team plucked from across high-energy physics is now throwing out the rulebook: cerncourier.com/a/how-to-unf... #AI #OpenScience #LHC
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The value of being messy

Claire Malone argues that science communicators should not stray too far into public-relations territory: cerncourier.com/a/the-value-... @geeknproud42.bsky.social @cerncourier.bsky.social #viewpoint #scicomm
January 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A pioneering new statistical technique, an interview with CERN's next Director-General, seven ways particle-physics technologies are spun-off into space science — and much more

The latest edition of @CERNCourier is now online: cerncourier.com/p/magazine/
January 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM