Read article 'Plasma-gas refraction improves on crystals'
Experiments using a high-energy electron beam at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have shown the way in which such a beam can be bent as it crosses the boundary between a plasma and a gas.
Read article 'Lasers make light work'
In May CERN Courier covered the Signatures of the Invisible art exhibition, which opened in London earlier this year and showcased the results of a collaboration between physicists from CERN and art...
Read article 'Major instrumentation meeting visits Europe'
An expert, runs the saying, is one who knows more and more about less and less. An annual mecca for instrumentation experts is the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and P...
Read article 'Finnish technology takes on CERN’s data mountain'
That the World Wide Web - invented at CERN - has revolutionized the world of business is clear. Less well known is the lab's continuing role in transferring Web-based technology to industry. Finnish ...
Read article 'NIKOS makes coronary tests comfortable'
A new method for the radiography of coronary blood vessels (known as angiography) promises to make examinations much easier for patients.
Read article 'Physics aids new medical techniques'
Since the discovery of X-rays, fundamental physics has been a source of ideas for radiography and medical imaging. A new imaging method firmly rooted in particle physics was chosen by Time magazine ...
Read article 'Can carbon nanotubes handle high-energy particles?'
New types of materials suggest new ways of handling high-energy particle beams, but can carbon nanotubes handle high-energy particles? Specialists from Yerevan outline the possibilities.
Read article 'Medical accelerator is on course'
A new linear accelerator is on course to bring about important advances in cancer therapy following successful tests at CERN last year. The LIBO Linac Booster was conceived in 1993 by Ugo Amaldi (then...
Read article 'Diamonds are forever…'
At a graduation ceremony at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, technician Mik Rebak was awarded an honorary MSc for his ingenious work in engineering diamond targets in nuclear an...
Read article 'Manufacturers put their heads in the sand'
The special demands of particle physics experiments can be a challenge to suppliers. Specialist firm Electron Tubes mounted a programme for photomultiplier housings.
