Read article 'SESAME: a mini CERN for the Middle East'
SESAME: a mini CERN for the Middle East
Science brings nations together, and synchrotron radiation facilities bring different kinds of science together.
Read article 'SESAME: a mini CERN for the Middle East'
Read article 'Korea and CERN make plans for future scientific collaborations'
Korea and CERN make plans for future scientific collaborations
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently in Seoul between a CERN delegation comprising the director of research Roger Cashmore, the advisor on non-member states John Ellis, the CMS resourc...
Read article 'CERN finalizes new agreement with ISTC'
CERN finalizes new agreement with ISTC
A collaboration agreement between CERN and the International Science and Technology Centre, finalized in November and worth some 12 million Swiss francs, is a large step forward in CERN-ISTC co-operat...
Read article 'Heidelberg merger forms Kirchhoff Institute'
Heidelberg merger forms Kirchhoff Institute
The former Institutes for High-Energy Physics and for Applied Physics at the University of Heidelberg have recently joined forces to become the new Kirchhoff Institute for Physics.
Read article 'Alcatel merges with AHTS'
Alcatel merges with AHTS
Alcatel has signed the final agreement to take control of the superconductivity activities of Aventis Research & Technologies, a subsidiary of Hoechst.
Read article 'Summers in St Croix revisited'
Summers in St Croix revisited
An unlikely blend of geography, sponsorship and physics focus seems to work. Founding director Tom Ferbel describes a 20-year tradition of NATO-sponsored physics study institutes in the West Indies.
Read article 'Pakistani physics'
Pakistani physics
With LHC increasingly a focus for world physics, distant communities become key partners in the preparations for the big experiments. In Pakistan, an annual International Summer College on Physics and...
Read article 'How Martin Luther King almost came to Fermilab'
How Martin Luther King almost came to Fermilab
At his 80th birthday event at Fermilab, former laboratory deputy director, Ned Goldwasser, recalled Fermilab's early days, when human rights were as important as protons.
Read article 'Major agreement made with China'
Major agreement made with China
Underlining the worldwide involvement in the programme at CERN's LHC collider, a milestone agreement brings funding from Chinese bodies for the LHC CMS experiment.
Read article 'A tale of three regions'
A tale of three regions
The impact of CERN, particularly with regard to technology transfer and industrial spin-offs, shows an interesting three-fold pattern that reflects the very different geographical and political regi...
