Read article 'OECD committee endorses future linear collider'
Ministers meeting at the end of January for the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy of the OECD have acknowledged the importance of ensuring access to large-scale research infrastructure...
Read article 'CERN strengthens links with AMS experiment'
CERN and the collaboration behind the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the execution of the experiment.
Read article 'PPARC approves new funding for UK accelerator R&D'
The UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) has approved a £21 million (~€31 million) programme of accelerator R&D for future facilities in particle physics, including a linear c...
Read article 'Perspectives for nuclear-physics research in Europe'
The Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee's recently published long-range plan looks forward to an exciting future with new facilities and challenging research.
Read article 'The importance of funding outreach'
Outreach should be recognized as a natural part of scientific research, and hence of its funding, argues Erik Johansson.
Read article 'Estonia and CERN are moving closer'
Estonia's parliament has recently approved special funding from the country's state budget of some €100,000 annually for the period 2004-2010.
Read article 'Exploiting the transatlantic light path'
Recent major exhibitions have provided the opportunity to demonstrate the potential of the high-speed link between Europe and North America, as Chris Jones reports.
Read article 'China reinforces collaboration at the LHC'
A workshop in China provided the occasion for a rare event in particle physics - the simultaneous participation of the spokesmen for the four major experiments being prepared for the LHC.
Read article 'CERN’s role on the European stage'
CERN's new director-general, Robert Aymar, believes that the CERN Council should strengthen its mission to "sponsor co-operation" in particle physics across Europe.
Read article 'CERN Council rings the changes'
The CERN Council has formally approved the new structure for CERN, which was presented by the incoming director-general, Robert Aymar, at the Council's meeting on 19 December 2003.
