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.
Read article 'Gamma-ray facility inaugurated in Namibia'
The first telescope of the high-energy stereoscopic system (HESS), named in honour of Victor Hess, the discoverer of cosmic radiation, was officially inaugurated in Namibia in September.
Read article 'Berkeley Lab: evolving for the future'
Originally an accelerator laboratory, LBNL now covers a broad range of fields. Deputy director Pier Oddone outlines the vibrancy of the multidisciplinary approach.
Read article 'CANDLE set to light up Armenian science'
Originally in the running to host SESAME, Armenia launched its own synchrotron project when Jordan was chosen as the location for the Middle Eastern regional facility.
Read article 'Committee affirms LHC as global priority'
Following the funding shortfall for CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that emerged last September, the laboratory established five task-forces to examine ways of redeploying resources to the new acce...
Read article 'Canada steps onto the international stage'
Canadian particle physics received a boost earlier this year when the Canadian Foundation for Innovation announced support for nine infrastructure projects for international research.
Read article 'German Science Council endorses TESLA'
On 15 July 2002 the German Science Council published its evaluation of large-scale facilities for basic research in natural science.
Read article 'CERN-Asia programme offers grants to young postgraduates'
Within the framework of the CERN-Asia Fellows and Associates programme, CERN offers three grants every year to East, Southeast and South Asia postgraduates under the age of 33, enabling them to partic...
Read article 'UK signs up to ESO'
On 1 July, the UK officially became a member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
