Read article 'Strength in numbers: particle physics goes global'
Particle physics has been "big science" for a long time. Its ambitious projects are also becoming more and more international, for it is only this way that the necessary resources can be amassed. A r...
Read article 'The road ahead'
In this article, CERN director-general Luciano Maiani explains why CERN's commitment to building the LHC collider overcame all pressures to prolong running the LEP electron-positron machine.
Read article 'Riken-RAL notch up another decade'
The 10 year collaboration between RIKEN, the Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, and the UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to create an intense muon source has been renewed for ano...
Read article 'Korean physics centre is inaugurated'
On 15 September, the Centre for High-Energy Physics (CHEP) in Korea was formally inaugurated at Kyungpook National University, Taegu.
Read article 'SOLEIL is set to rise'
On 11 September, French Minister of Research and Technology Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg announced the decision to build the SOLEIL third-generation synchrotron radiation source near Paris.
Read article 'Boost for Andean cosmic ray laboratory'
New support for the Chacaltaya Cosmic Ray Research Laboratory, on Mount Chacaltaya near La Paz, Bolivia, underlines its relevance for cosmic ray research.
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.
