Read article 'EuCARD: mixing neutrinos, crab cavities, magnets and more'
Under a cloud of volcanic ash, the first annual meeting of the European Co-ordination for Accelerator Research & Development (EuCARD) project took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the UK...
Read article 'Carbon-ion radiotherapy flourishes in Japan'
Résumé L’hadronthérapie par ions carbone en pleine expansion au Japon Avec un premier patient traité en 1994, le Japon s’est imposé comme précurseur dans l...
Read article 'Canada explores cyclotron solution to isotope shortage'
Canada investigates the world's most in-demand isotope for medical-imaging purposes.
Read article 'The first capacitative touch screens at CERN'
The story of a forerunner to today’s mobile-phone screens.
Read article 'Workshop pushes proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration'
PPA09, a workshop held at CERN on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration, has launched discussions about a first demonstration experiment using a proton beam.
Read article 'Hadron-therapy training takes off with PARTNER'
Résumé PARTNER : une formation pour l’hadronthérapie En juin 2008, la Commission européenne a accordé 5,6 millions d’euros au projet PARTNER (Particle Tr...
Read article 'BELLA will boost plasma accelerator research'
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is set to explore further the high-gradient acceleration of electron beams using ultra-short pulse lasers with the construction of a new facility – BELLA, the B...
Read article 'Florida lab is to build high-field ‘supermagnet’'
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University has been awarded nearly $3 million to build a high-temperature superconducting magnet that will break records for magnetic fiel...
Read article 'Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre opens'
The Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre (HIT) celebrated its opening at the Heidelberg University Hospital on 2 November.
Read article 'PETRA III generates first X-ray beam'
DESY's new synchrotron radiation source PETRA III generated the first X-ray light for research on the weekend of 18–19 July.
