Read article 'Enter the quasiparticle trapping transistor'
Enter the quasiparticle trapping transistor
A new device that can operate in close proximity to highly sensitive superconducting sensors could open up new detector possibilities.
Read article 'Enter the quasiparticle trapping transistor'
Read article 'Synchrotron radiation is brighter than ever'
Synchrotron radiation is brighter than ever
What began life as an unwanted energy loss has become a major research industry. Dominique Cornuéjols of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble looks at the history and accomplishm...
Read article 'No stopping the accelerator'
No stopping the accelerator
The recent European Particle Accelerator Conference in Vienna underlined how far and wide particle accelerators have infiltrated into science and technology. Colin Johnson reports.
Read article 'Towards the ultimate X-ray source:the X-ray laser'
Towards the ultimate X-ray source:the X-ray laser
With their ultrashort wavelengths, X-rays are excellent probes of finestructure. An international team at the DESY laboratory has developed a technique for attaining wavelengths of less than 100 n...
Read article 'Berkeley Lab’s ALS generates femtosecond synchrotron radiation'
Berkeley Lab’s ALS generates femtosecond synchrotron radiation
A team at Berkeley's Advanced Light Source has shown how a laser time-slicing technique provides a path to experiments with ultrafast time resolution.
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Read article 'Muons make the grade as microscopic probes'
Muons make the grade as microscopic probes
The technique of muon spin rotation has become a major tool for the investigation of structure of all kinds of condensed matter and has even developed its own research communities. A recent major c...
Read article 'Swedish accelerators take a look at the past'
Swedish accelerators take a look at the past
In the years immediately after the Second World War, several countries that were pushing to develop more powerful particle accelerators created an exclusive club. A recent symposium in Uppsala look...
Read article 'Scintillations in Seattle'
Scintillations in Seattle
Making invisible physics visible has always called for ingenuity. The techniques can also lead to important applications in other areas. Two meetings in Seattle offered an update on developments. P...
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Read article 'Physics in space'
Physics in space
Superconducting tunnel junctions have been developed as photon-counting spectroscopic detectors for ground- and space based astrophysical research. Arrays of tantalum-based junctions have now reache...
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Read article 'Novel X-rays detected at Jefferson'
Novel X-rays detected at Jefferson
In a recent experiment, Thomson-scattered X-rays from Jefferson Lab's infrared free-electron laser were detected, confirmed and initially characterized.
