Read article 'German Science Council endorses TESLA'
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 'German Science Council endorses TESLA'
Read article 'CERN-Asia programme offers grants to young postgraduates'
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'
UK signs up to ESO
On 1 July, the UK officially became a member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Read article 'Europe coordinates astroparticle research'
Europe coordinates astroparticle research
European astroparticle physics received a boost last year with the formation of the Astroparticle Physics European Coordination (APPEC), established in an agreement signed by funding agencies from Fra...
Read article 'RIKEN and Brookhaven renew their vows'
RIKEN and Brookhaven renew their vows
At a ceremony marking the beginning of spin physics at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the US laboratory renewed its collaboration agreement with Japan's Institute of...
Read article 'Globalization, collaboration and trust'
Globalization, collaboration and trust
Big science needs its own brand of globalization, argues chairman of the DESY directorate, Albrecht Wagner.
Read article 'Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland'
Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland
An update on particle physics and closely related topics in Switzerland was presented at the University of Zurich in March to a subpanel of the European Committee for Future Accelerators, RECFA.
Read article 'Changing the culture of big science'
Changing the culture of big science
As scientific facilities become larger and more costly, so the management challenge grows. CERN director-general Luciano Maiani says that lessons learned from the LHC cost overrun will ultimately bene...
Read article 'CERN prepares to focus on the LHC'
CERN prepares to focus on the LHC
At the March meetings of CERN's governing body, Council, the laboratory's management presented preliminary ideas for absorbing the cost overrun for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project identified l...
Read article 'US nuclear scientists chart a new course'
US nuclear scientists chart a new course
More than a year after being asked to study the opportunities and priorities for US nuclear physics research in the coming decade, the Department of Energy/National Science Foundation Nuclear Science ...
