Read article 'Germanium crystals measure position'
Germanium crystals have long been used to study photons with energies from 50 keV to 10 MeV. Their excellent energy resolution (approaching 0.1%) has created numerous applications in nuclear and parti...
Read article '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'
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 'Technology brings the world to Africa'
Harry McConnell, director of the Interactive Health Network and chief executive officer of the International eHealth Association, explains why communication technologies are so important for health an...
Read article 'BESSY shines bright in the far-infrared'
The BESSY synchrotron light source in Berlin has developed a technique to provide intense, steady-state, broadband coherent radiation in the far-infrared - or terahertz (THz) - spectral range.
Read article 'Doubly doped semiconductor makes a fast scintillator'
At cryogenic temperatures some semiconductors can convert ionizing radiation into visible light with high efficiency and speed.
Read article 'Silicon photomultiplier demonstrates its capabilities'
A team from the Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute together with Pulsar Enterprise in Moscow have developed a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), which promises a wide range of applications.
Read article 'LANL develops bespoke cavities for low-energy applications'
Superconducting (SC) RF cavities are becoming common in accelerators for high-energy and nuclear physics, and the technologies needed to obtain high fields and high-quality factors in elliptical cavit...
Read article 'Physicists and statisticians get technical in Durham'
Particle physicists and statisticians got together in Durham, UK, last March to discuss statistical techniques of relevance to particle and astroparticle physics analysis. Conference initiator Louis L...
Read article '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.
