Read article 'Proton collaboration is under way in Japan'
In Japan the KEK high-energy physics laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute are working together to finalize preparations for a major new high-intensity proton source, with applic...
Read article 'UK phenomenology centre is created'
After several months of negotiations, the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has announced the establishment of an Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at Durham University.
Read article 'CERN and Pakistan strengthen agreement'
Signed in Islamabad in May was an addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between CERN and Pakistan, covering increased Pakistani involvement in the CMS experiment for CERN's LHC collider.
Read article 'Czech physics scene is growing'
Particle physics in the Czech Republic is maturing fast.
Read article 'Accelerators to span the globe'
International collaboration has always played a major role in particle physics experiments. Could this also be applied to the accelerators themselves? Here, Albrecht Wagner,chairman of the directora...
Read article 'Dynamic particle physics in the UK'
The European Committee for Future Accelerators, which met in London in March, was impressed by the vitality of particle physics in the UK.
Read article 'Jordan is first choice for SESAME synchrotron site'
In a meeting at CERN on 10-11 April, a restricted interim council of the SESAME project selected Jordan as its first choice by a large majority and Armenia as its second choice.
Read article 'Brookhaven and China to join forces in research'
Representatives of the National Natural Science Foundation of China visited Brookhaven to learn more about the scientific programme of Brookhaven's new RHIC heavy ion collider and to explore opport...
Read article 'Swedish accelerators take a look at the past'
In the years immediately after the Second World War, several countries that were pushing to develop more powerful particle accelerators created an exclusive club. A recent symposium in Uppsala look...
Read article 'JINR-Russia agreement is ratified'
Under a new ruling, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, near Moscow, has the same legal status of an international organization in Russia as CERN enjoys in its host countries.
