Read article 'An international future for nuclear-physics research'
An international future for nuclear-physics research
An IUPAP working group takes a forward look.
Read article 'An international future for nuclear-physics research'
Read article 'LHC results top the bill in Paris'
LHC results top the bill in Paris
More than 1100 physicists gathered in the Palais des Congrès conference centre in Paris on 22–28 July to attend the 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the world's large...
Read article 'Canada’s bright future in subatomic physics'
Canada’s bright future in subatomic physics
Assured funding and a new facility provide opportunities for TRIUMF.
Read article 'CERN Council opens the door to greater integration'
CERN Council opens the door to greater integration
At its 155th session, on 18 June, the CERN Council opened the door to greater integration in particle physics when it unanimously adopted the recommendations of a working group that was set up in 200...
Read article 'Strategy meeting looks forward to high-power laser acceleration'
Strategy meeting looks forward to high-power laser acceleration
A meeting at GSI Darmstadt on 8–10 April provided a first opportunity to formulate a strategy on the laser technology needed to meet the challenge of future accelerators that will use or rely on la...
Read article 'CERN and JINR sign new agreement'
CERN and JINR sign new agreement
CERN and JINR have a long and successful history of collaboration – the first informal meeting on international co-operation in the field of high-energy accelerators took place at CERN in 1959 – a...
Read article 'Romania takes first steps to join CERN'
Romania takes first steps to join CERN
On 11 February the Romanian minister of education, research, youth and sport, Daniel Petru Funeriu, and CERN’s director-general, Rolf Heuer, signed an agreement that formally recognizes Romania as ...
Read article 'Extreme light rises in Eastern Europe'
Extreme light rises in Eastern Europe
A new international player has entered the arena of intense short-pulse coherent light technology, with the latest developments in the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) European project, which was la...
Read article 'Ten nations sign up for European XFEL project'
Ten nations sign up for European XFEL project
On 30 November, representatives from Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Sweden and Switzerland signed the "Convention concerning the Construction and Opera...
Read article 'Looking beyond the LHC'
Looking beyond the LHC
A CERN Theory Institute investigated the impact of early LHC data.
