Read article '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'
It is no accident that Russia has become a major partner in the CERN programme.
Read article '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'
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'
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...
Read article 'Particle and nuclear astrophysics and cosmology committee'
A new committee, Particle And Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitational International Committee, was created last October by IUPAP.
Read article 'In retrospect: electron scattering in Amsterdam'
The recent closure of the Amsterdam Pulse Stretcher marks the end of 30 years of electron accelerators in the Netherlands.
Read article 'The AUSTRON: Austria’s invitation to Europe'
International partners are being sought for the AUSTRON, a proposal for a pulsed high-flux neutron spallation source which could provide an international research centre in central Europe. Austria ha...
Read article 'French green light for LHC civil engineering'
Progress on CERN's next major particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), took another step forward recently when French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin signed the decree allowing LHC civi...
Read article 'KODEL establishes Korea as major physics player'
Marking the emergence of Korea as a major player on the world physics scene, the Korea Detector Laboratory was established this year under director Sung Keun Park of Korea University, Seoul.
