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If I told you I'd have to kill you

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Beingemployed by a research institute (the French IN2P3, largely corresponding to the Italian INFN), contrary to university researchers or professors I do not have formal teaching duties. This leaves me plenty of time to devote to research (teaching can be very time-consuming, especially considering evaluations and exams that come with the job!), and that's a […]

ICHEP: random collection of final impressions, and a tentative balance

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ICHEPis over. After the last plenary session the few remaining braves stormed out of the auditorium, strained with conference fatigue, and headed back home. I must confess, I found a week-long conference, with six full days packed with presentations, pretty long and tiring. I'm not completely surprised that in the last days not many questions […]

ICHEP Day 2: Higgs at Tevatron, Higgs at LHC, Higgs on the BBC

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Fridayafternoon I sat again in a relatively packed room for the Higgs session. The effect of the rumor seems to fade away, but there is still quite a buzz around the Tevatron Higgs searches, especially because our friends are professionally distilling their results at a tantalizing pace, and - in case you missed that - […]