Read article 'Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results'
Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results
New measurements at RHIC provide further insight into heavy-ion collisions at high energies.
Read article 'Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results'
Read article 'CERN confirms LHC start-up in 2007'
CERN confirms LHC start-up in 2007
On 20 June, in its 125th session, the CERN Council received confirmation that the LHC and its detectors are on schedule for start-up in 2007, and that the LHC Computing Grid (LCG) project is about to ...
Read article 'KEKB scales peak in luminosity'
KEKB scales peak in luminosity
This accomplishment will boost KEK's programme of investigating CP violation and searching for beyond-the-Standard-Model effects in the Bbar-B system.
Read article 'Brilliant future for PETRA III'
Brilliant future for PETRA III
DESY is to convert its storage ring PETRA into one of the most modern third-generation X-ray sources in the world.
Read article 'A new life for Indiana’s cyclotron'
A new life for Indiana’s cyclotron
The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) was originally built as a laboratory for medium-energy nuclear physics, and began operations in 1975. By the 1990s the research programme had begun to ...
Read article 'The ring on the parking lot'
The ring on the parking lot
Thirty years ago, a handful of tenacious physicists put up a $5 million storage ring on a parking lot at SLAC. Shawna Williams reflects on its glorious past and its promising future.
Read article 'Wigglers give CESR a new charmed life'
Wigglers give CESR a new charmed life
In early March, after more than 23 years of continuous operation, the CESR staff and the CLEO collaboration at Cornell completed their programme of b quark physics.
Read article 'HERA II puts collisions in a spin'
HERA II puts collisions in a spin
This is a first not only for DESY, the laboratory that is home to HERA, but also for the world.
Read article 'China agrees upgrade of its particle collider'
China agrees upgrade of its particle collider
On 10 February, the Chinese government approved the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider Upgrading Program (BEPCII), finally making the long expectation of the Chinese high-energy physics community a re...
Read article 'DAFNE goes hypernuclear'
DAFNE goes hypernuclear
A new experiment at the Frascati laboratory's φ-factory is set to investigate the strange world of the hypernucleus.
