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.
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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...
Read article 'The seeds of East-West collaboration'
The seeds of East-West collaboration
It is no accident that Russia has become a major partner in the CERN programme.
Read article 'Pakistan creates national centre for physics'
Pakistan creates national centre for physics
To promote research in physics and strengthen university capability in Pakistan, a National Centre for Physics has been established at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Read article 'DEP and PSL sign distribution agreement'
DEP and PSL sign distribution agreement
Photodetector supplier Delft Electronic Products, now in its 30th year of manufacturing for the worldwide image intensifier market, has signed a distributor agreement with Photonic Science Ltd for t...
Read article 'ECFA in Poland'
ECFA in Poland
In its continual tour of CERN Member States, the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) visited Poland recently. The venue was Cracow's 600-year-old Jagiellonian University, the oldest in...
