CERN Courier: January/February 2005
News
Sciencewatch
Features
HESS provides new view of gamma-ray sky
The first results from the HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes are introducing a new era in the study of very-high-energy cosmic gamma rays, as Werner Hofmann describes.
Neutrino physics gains new levels of popularity
A few years ago, the question was whether or not neutrinos had mass; today we are asking what their exact mass is, as participants at Neutrino 2004 discovered.
ICHEP lays on a Chinese banquet of physics
The ICHEP '04 conference provided a major opportunity to review a wide range of recent progress in particle physics.
CERN, the violin and the music of the spheres
The World Year of Physics is upon us, designated Einstein Year in the UK. Brian Foster considers the complex web of connections between two of the famous scientist's main passions - music and physics.
Computing News and Features
Computing conference goes to the Swiss Alps
CHEP '04 was an opportunity to review progress in Grid technology, discuss experience gained from experiments and look to the future. John Harvey reports.
The GATE opens in nuclear medicine
The Geant4 package for Monte Carlo simulations in particle physics has found application in nuclear medicine, with the GATE toolkit. Christian Morel explains.
Regulars
Viewpoint: The shock of the known
Simon Singh believes that the best way for scientists to interest the public may be to forget the unknown and amaze them with what they know.