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BBC Radio 4 - Big Bang
Information about the Large Hadron Collider experiment and the related BBC programmes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ radio4/ bigbang/
CERN
The world's largest particle physics laboratory, site of the Large Hadron Collider
http://public.web.cern.ch/ Public/ Welcome.html
Guardian - CERN
The Guardian's news, comment and interactive guide to the Large Hadron Collider
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ science/ cern
Kaye and Laby Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants
Online version includes the entire, unedited contents of the 16th edition (published 1995) and gives a huge number of tables of data, formulae, graphs and charts. Topics range from fundamental constants to fibre optics, superconductivity to Raman spectroscopy and many others. The contents will be regularly reviewed and updated.
http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/
Large Hadron Collider
Information for teachers, students, physicists and the media
http://www.lhc.ac.uk/
New Scientist - Large Hadron Collider
News and articles in this Special Report on the Large Hadron Collider from New Scientist magazine
http://www.newscientist.com/ channel/ fundamentals/ large-hadron-collider
NIST Physics Laboratory
Physical reference data and other topics.
http://physics.nist.gov
Particle Physics UK
Information and resources for anyone wanting to learn about particle physics, "the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces of nature"
http://www.particlephysics.ac.uk/
Physics.org
Guide to physics on the web, produced by the Institute of Physics
http://www.physics.org/ index.asp
Radiation Protection Division, Health Protection Agency
See 'Understanding radiation' and 'FAQs' for details of radiation issues encountered in everyday life, such as UV radiation from the sun, electric and magnetic fields, radio waves and so on. There is also a 'Glossary' explaining radiation terms
http://www.hpa.org.uk/ radiation/ default.htm
TCAEP.co.uk
Lists of constants and equations, interactive conversion of units, and details of SI Units. Site produced in association with the Institute of Physics
http://www.scenta.co.uk/ tcaep/ index.htm
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