Read article 'RHIC limbers up for a new heavy-ion run'
RHIC limbers up for a new heavy-ion run
Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) began its cool-down on 1 November ready for the first injection of beam in December.
Read article 'RHIC limbers up for a new heavy-ion run'
Read article 'BES accumulates 14 million y(2S) events'
BES accumulates 14 million y(2S) events
This year, the Beijing Spectrometer (BES) experiment running at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) completed a run at the energy of the y(2S) resonance.
Read article 'Accelerator conference showcases diversity'
Accelerator conference showcases diversity
This year's European Particle Accelerator Conference, held in Paris, highlighted the growing diversity of particle accelerator technology. Francesco Ruggiero and Leonid Rivkin report.
Read article 'LBNL delivers front end of SNS'
LBNL delivers front end of SNS
After four years of construction, the linear accelerator injector that will form the front end of the US SNS has been commissioned at LBNL. Fulfilling all its major design requirements and performing ...
Read article 'LHC test-bed progresses to second phase'
LHC test-bed progresses to second phase
A complete cell of CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began tests at the laboratory in June.
Read article 'University hosts premier rare-isotope facility'
University hosts premier rare-isotope facility
Since it was founded in the 1980s, Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory has evolved to become the US's premier rare-isotope facility. Georg Bollen reports on its v...
Read article 'Accelerators for nano- and biosciences'
Accelerators for nano- and biosciences
Practical, affordable yet unique and exciting new accelerator facilities could advance vital research capabilities for nano- and bioscience, says Swapan Chattopadhyay.
Read article 'DESY turns storage ring into light source'
DESY turns storage ring into light source
The new light source, PETRA III, will run at 6 GeV with a current of more than 100 mA.
Read article 'Polarized photocathodes make the grade'
Polarized photocathodes make the grade
Future linear colliders will require high levels of performance from their electron sources. A group at SLAC has recently tested a structure that substantially exceeds current collider polarized elect...
Read article 'Daresbury’s proposed 4G light source moves forward'
Daresbury’s proposed 4G light source moves forward
Following extensive peer review, the fourth-generation light source proposed for the Daresbury laboratory, UK, has been given the green light to proceed to the next stage of planning.
