{"id":8761,"date":"2015-10-20T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=8761"},"modified":"2015-10-20T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:19:16","slug":"lhc-brings-science-to-the-senedd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/lhc-brings-science-to-the-senedd","title":{"rendered":"LHC brings science to the Senedd"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9611\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9611\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-500x330.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9611\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/10\/lhc-senedd-500x330.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Just a small portion of LHC occupies a huge part of Cardiff\u2019s Senedd . (\u00a9 Karla Pequenino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Large Hadron Collider\u2019s (LHC) exhibition at the Senedd got visitors to walk through a model of the world\u2019s largest scientific experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The LHC 2015 roadshow was in Cardiff from the 18th to 22nd of October to showcase part of a life-sized duplicate of the world\u2019s most potent particle accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr Sophy Palmer, the public engagement manager, \u201cThe LCH is exciting, but it is at the CERN, beneath the French-Swiss border. Obviously, I\u2019s hard for everyone to go there, so we take the LDH to see everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CERN, or European Organisation for Nuclear Research, is the world&#8217;s largest laboratory. With 22 member states and scientists from over 60 countries, it shows international teamwork will unlock the universe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LHC roadshow wants to encourage young people with cutting edge science to change the world and be part of a global collaboration\u201d said Dr Palmer, who was also one of the physicists guiding visitors through the mock-up.<\/p>\n<p>Most were impressed by the model\u2019s size. For Dr Palmer: \u201cThe Senedd is perfect to host the event. We\u2019re in an enormous room, but this small portion of the LHC occupies a lot of space. It\u2019s a huge project in more ways than one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social Media was at the exhibition too and visitors using \u201c#STFC_Matters\u201d on Twitter could win a CERN goodie bag.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Discussing quark-gluon plasma and the Big Bang with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrenprice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@darrenprice<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LHC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LHC<\/a> roadshow in Cardiff <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STFC_Matters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@STFC_Matters<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8v2LM881ao\">pic.twitter.com\/8v2LM881ao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UoM Particle Physics (@UoMparticle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UoMparticle\/status\/655789088654667776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who went to the CERN exhibition in the bay! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STFC_Matters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@STFC_Matters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UKatCern?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UKatCern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jG8B61wWUn\">pic.twitter.com\/jG8B61wWUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maria Mellor (@Maria_mellor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maria_mellor\/status\/656215566840107012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><sup><em>\u00a0(Tweet cited\u00a0with user permission)<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;d largest scientific experiment arrives at Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":9183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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