CERN Courier: October 2006
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Trieste focuses on hadrons
A meeting at the ICTP in Trieste brought together participants from the hadronic-physics and heavy-ion communities.
EPAC'06 showcases the latest in accelerators
The Scottish city of Edinburgh provided a beautiful and historic setting for the major accelerator conference of 2006.
Can experiment access Planck-scale physics?
A gravitational analogue of Brownian motion could now make it possible to investigate Planck-scale physics using the latest quantum technology.
The longest journey: the LHC dipoles arrive on time
The 1232 superconducting dipole magnets are the key elements for the LHC. Their production by three different industry suppliers involved a bold contractual procedure, which has proved to be highly successful, as Lucio Rossi explains.
Precision pins down the electron's magnetism
A measurement of the electron magnetic moment using the combination of several leading-edge techniques has achieved new levels of accuracy, yielding a more precise value for the fine structure constant. Gerald Gabrielse and David Hanneke describe this remarkable experiment.
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Viewpoint: Particle physics and the press
The media have a central role in telling the story of research in particle physics. We need to put aside our differences and keep our eyes on the big picture if we are to make the most of this vast resource, say members of the InterAction collaboration.