Read article 'Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre opens'
Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre opens
The Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre (HIT) celebrated its opening at the Heidelberg University Hospital on 2 November.
Read article 'Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre opens'
Read article 'PETRA III generates first X-ray beam'
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.
Read article 'The age of citizen cyberscience'
The age of citizen cyberscience
I first met Rytis Slatkevicius in 2006, when he was 18. At the time, he had assembled the world's largest database of prime numbers.
Read article 'The light-pulse horizon'
The light-pulse horizon
High-intensity laser pulses offer the promise of exciting science.
Read article 'ALICE achieves energy recovery at Daresbury and Cockcroft Institute'
ALICE achieves energy recovery at Daresbury and Cockcroft Institute
At 2.00 a.m. on 13 December 2008, the commissioning team at the ALICE facility of the UK's Daresbury Laboratory and Cockcroft Institute successfully demonstrated "energy recovery" from a relativisti...
Read article 'CMS does a full cosmic-data run'
CMS does a full cosmic-data run
On 11 November 2008 the conclusion of a month-long, major data-taking run by the CMS collaboration brought a two-year commissioning phase to a successful close.
Read article 'MW linacs could supply medical isotopes'
MW linacs could supply medical isotopes
In late 2007, owing to an extended shutdown of Canada's National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River, North America experienced a critical shortage of the medical isotope molybdenum-99.
Read article 'DESY awards two building contracts for European XFEL'
DESY awards two building contracts for European XFEL
The 3.4 km long research facility will be located between the DESY site at Bahrenfeld and the neighbouring town of Schenefeld.
Read article 'New training PARTNERship joins the battle against cancer'
New training PARTNERship joins the battle against cancer
On 16–17 October members of a new four-year, EU-funded project met at CERN for the kick-off meeting of the Particle Training Network for European Radiotherapy (PARTNER)
Read article 'Physics of Semiconductors in High Magnetic Fields'
Physics of Semiconductors in High Magnetic Fields
This book describes the basic concepts of various physical phenomena in semiconductors and their modulated structures under high magnetic fields.
