Nuno Castro

Particle physicist. Associate professor at the University of Minho. Researcher at LIP and ATLAS experiment at CERN. Views are my own (could it be different?).

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

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[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

@Publico Um excelente artigo de @tmarquesramalho sobre os preocupantes ventos que sopram dos EUA e que, em parte, já começaram a chegar à Europa. Não devemos ficar de braços cruzados a assistir ao fim do relativo consenso que havia na nossa sociedade sobre a importância da ciência.

[Público @Publico]

O assalto da pseudociência à Casa Branca https://t.co/36XPKcrUab

[CERN @CERN]

Science Gateway’s mini accelerator is now taking data

After years of development, the proton accelerator ELISA (Experimental Linac for Surface Analysis) is now being used for archaeological research at #CERNScienceGateway.

This marks the first time a proton accelerator of this kind has been used for research as a part of a museum exhibition.

Find out more: https://t.co/dFIIesnVaq

[United Nations @UN]

In conflict, civilians always pay the highest price.

War is not the answer.

Peace is possible.

[Universidade Minho @UMinho_Oficial]

🎬 Nesta que é a 2.ª edição do Braga Science Film Fest, são apresentadas 80 curtas-metragens de documentário, animação, experimental e ficção.

🎞️ A iniciativa decorre de 16 a 24 de novembro, em formato híbrido e gratuito.

ℹ️ https://t.co/ez25bSkqJT ℹ️

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

Two of my students at the Particle Physics course @cienciasuminho building an hand made cloud chamber to "see" particles. It was a fun activity and the movie got quite cool, I think.

[ATLAS Experiment @ATLASexperiment]

The ATLAS collaboration at @CERN has observed top quark pairs in collisions between lead ions, marking the first observation of this process in interactions between atomic nuclei! 🎇

Learn more about this new result: https://t.co/lIThjIDFij

[CERN @CERN]

So it begins… the heavy-ion run at the #LHC 💪

Yesterday at 11.13 am, a new #HeavyIon run began at the Large Hadron Collider, smashing together lead ions at an energy of 5.36 TeV per nucleon pair.

While the LHC mostly collides protons, once a year it collides heavy ions – such as lead nuclei – a key ingredient for preparing the primordial soup called the quark–gluon plasma, a state of matter known to have existed shortly after the #BigBang.

For the next 17 days, every minute counts to take lead–lead collision data.

Find out more: https://t.co/lbdqBZXiqb

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

@ProfMarkThomson @CERN Congratulations! All the best for your mandate.

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

Congratulations to Professor Mark Thomson and all the best for his mandate.

[CERN @CERN]

CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026

Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026.

Find out more: https://t.co/g9qLMOtSC8

[CERN @CERN]

CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026

Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026.

Find out more: https://t.co/g9qLMOtSC8

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

And some more pictures: https://t.co/8f9BP6zzXl

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

A great wall through Mata da Albergaria, Gerês, today.

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A great walk, not a great wall, obviously... This is Gerês, not China :-)

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@irenevalmore @edicionesiruela ¡Felicitaciones!

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One of the most beautiful concerts I've ever seen. Celebrating the great Violeta Parra.
https://t.co/mEbhpDaATf

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@mjoanasa Pois é!

[Nuno Castro @nfcastro]

Autumn colours at @UMinho_Oficial

[CERN @CERN]

Target reached ✅

Only ten days later, on 23 September, an additional 10 femtobarns were integrated, reaching the 110 femtobarns target set for 2024.

2024 has been the most productive year for the #LHC

Find out more: https://t.co/Kq5T5UyfRD