Read article 'Ireland invests in a scientific future'
The Irish government is investing in a new initiative to encourage leading scientists and engineers to move to Ireland. William Harris, director-general of Science Foundation Ireland, explains.
Read article 'Science, technology and the Third World'
Abdus Salam believed that the gap between rich and poor nations is one of science and technology. His former student Riazuddin describes efforts to bridge that gap.
Read article 'LCLS gets funding as TESLA wins support'
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) project at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), which passed the US Department of Energy's "Critical Decision 1" process in October 2002, has been allo...
Read article 'CERN Council sets the stage for the LHC'
The LHC is now the main focus of activity at CERN, as components for the accelerator arrive at the laboratory from around the world.
Read article 'J-PARC project is inaugurated'
This is a joint project between KEK and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.
Read article 'Karlsruhe Grid computing centre is inaugurated'
To cope with the computational requirements of the LHC experiments, a worldwide virtual computing centre is being developed - a global computational grid of tens of thousands of computers and storage ...
Read article 'UK boosts technology transfer support'
During the past year, the UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) has begun an innovative approach to strengthening technology transfer with CERN.
Read article 'Extra funding for Perimeter Institute'
Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics was awarded C$25 million (€16 million) by the Canadian Federal government at a groundbreaking ceremony in June. Soon after, the province of...
Read article 'LHC and the Grid: the great challenge'
Ultra-high performance distributed computing software is vital for a successful LHC physics programme. This presents a challenge and an opportunity, says Robert Eisenstein.
Read article 'SESAME opens the door to Middle East co-operation'
The SESAME project to build a synchrotron light source in the Middle East took a step closer to reality in May, when it received unanimous approval from the UNESCO executive board.
