Read article 'Industry delivers LHC dipole coils'
Industry delivers LHC dipole coils
An important milestone has been passed in the manufacture of the magnets for CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Read article 'Industry delivers LHC dipole coils'
Read article 'SLAC makes world’s shortest bunches'
SLAC makes world’s shortest bunches
Using the full length of the linear accelerator, as well as loops and bends in the beam, and the usually troublesome effect of the wakefield, SLAC has made the world's shortest bunches of electrons - ...
Read article 'Faster, brighter, shorter'
Faster, brighter, shorter
A proposed new facility, called LUX, will be able to combine accelerator and laser systems to study ultrafast dynamics across a wide range of sciences.
Read article 'JLab’s upgraded FEL produces first light'
JLab’s upgraded FEL produces first light
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) have produced first light from their 10 kW free-electron laser (FEL).
Read article 'Test stand for RF couplers inaugurated at Orsay'
Test stand for RF couplers inaugurated at Orsay
A new test stand for radio-frequency (RF) couplers is operating at the French Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL, CNRS/IN2P3) in Orsay.
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 '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 ...
