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World breakthrough for LEGO Atlas detector

The large model in LEGO of the Atlas detector from the laws-of-physics-busting Large Hadron Collider is now to go on a world tour, says the model’s creator, Sascha Mehlhase. 23,000 people have seen it on UniversityPost.dk

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Gallery: Lego model of Hadron Collider's Atlas detector

Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

DKK 10 million to Danish-Chinese research centre

A molecular nano-electronics research centre at the Nano-Science Centre that has had its grant period extended. Here the Danish and Chinese specialists meet over research, dinners and... river-rafting

Gallery: Lego model of Hadron Collider's ...

Sasha Mehlhase, a post doc from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen has spent approximately 81 hours of work end EURO 2,000 to build a model of CERN's Large Hadron Collider's Atlas detector...out of LEGO bricks. All in all 9,500 LEGO brics were used on the model which is made in a 1:50 scale. His idea is to use the model for alternative learning - fx on events such as the Culture Night in Copenhagen. Sasha Mehlhase is currently working on a manual for construction of his model, so it can be reproduced.

Read the article about the model here

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Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

Debate rages over abolished freshers' event

After the bonding event for new students, freshers' week, was abolished, the debate still rages. The number of physics students who have dropped out has quadrupled. Not a coincidence, says Student Council

Computer scientists to work on Millennium Problem

At the Department of Computer Sciences, the newly established COLA group will work on one of the Millennium Problems selected by the Clay Mathematical Institute. Its solution will be awarded with one million dollars

Ørsted knew how to have good ideas

He was the discoverer of electromagnetism, had an adventurous life, and published as fast as anyone in the internet age

Student Council: Let us hear your merger ideas

At a Student Council brainstorm, students were urged to see the merger as an opportunity, not a threat

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Rector proposes merger into two super faculties

Staff, students angered by 24 hr warning

Rector: This is not a 'coup'

Dean: I hope we can all stand together

Merger controversy addressed head on

Rector, Dean hit by shower of questions

Comment: We need new statute for selecting leaders

Comment: Explain why we need the merger, please

Staff, students angered by 24 hr warning

Staff and students frustrated by short, sharp, shocker invitation for key faculty meetings. They will be broadcast two days later, for those that miss them, says vice director for communication

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Rector: This is not a 'coup'

Rector proposes merger into two super faculties

Moon younger than previously thought

An old friend has just become 100 million years younger. Our closest neighbour in the Solar System, the Moon is now only 4.36 billion years old, Copenhagen scientists reckon