Read article 'Energy options and the role of nuclear fusion'
Chris Llewellyn Smith is no stranger to CERN. He served five years as director-general, from 1994 to 1998. During his mandate, LEP was successfully upgraded and the LHC project was approved. On his ...
Read article 'ENLIGHT++ extends cancer therapy research network'
ENLIGHT++ étend le réseau de recherche sur le traitement du cancer par les ions légers La réunion préparatoire du réseau ENLIGHT++ s’est tenue au CERN en mars, rass...
Read article 'German Chancellor starts up DESY’s free-electron laser'
Gerhard Schröder handed DESY's new vacuum-ultraviolet free-electron laser, VUV-FEL, over to the scientists.
Read article 'Network boosts progress in therapy with light ions'
Le réseau ENLIGHT dynamise la thérapie par ions légers ENLIGHT, Réseau européen de recherche sur la thérapie par les ions légers, a récemment tenu sa derniè...
Read article 'INFN and industry to build new cyclotron for hadron therapy'
Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), ACCEL Instruments GmbH and Ansaldo Superconduttori are to collaborate on a novel superconducting multiparticle cyclotron for hadron therapy...
Read article 'Physics helps medicine gain a sharper view'
The second International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS) was held on 26-30 May in Athens and on the island of Milos, Greece. The conference was organized by the Greek ...
Read article 'Cancer therapy initiative is launched at CERN'
The European Network for Research in Light-Ion Hadron Therapy (ENLIGHT) has been established to coordinate European efforts in radiation therapy using light-ion beams. Light to physicists, carbon ions...
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 '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 'Precision beams for hadron therapy'
Increased life expectancy goes hand in hand with support from science. At present, about one in three of us will have an encounter with cancer and, in developed countries, about one in eight will have...
