Read article 'SLAC reorganizes and prepares for next major breakthroughs'
On 24 May, Jonathan Dorfan, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), announced a complete reorganization of the structure and senior management of the laboratory, which Stanford Univ...
Read article 'Celebratory year lifts off in Paris'
More than 1000 people including eight Nobel laureates and close to 500 students from 70 countries took part in the Physics for Tomorrow conference in Paris on 13 January.
Read article 'The shock of the known'
Simon Singh believes that the best way for scientists to interest the public may be to forget the unknown and amaze them with what they know.
Read article 'Hands across the Mediterranean'
Scientists from North Africa, the Middle East and Europe came together in a meeting at CERN to discuss common projects in fields varying from particle physics to water desalination. Robert Klapisch re...
Read article 'More than just a conference'
The European Particle Accelerator Conference, EPAC, has developed a distinctive role on the world stage, explains Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz, the EPAC conferences coordinator.
Read article 'Can companies benefit from Big Science?'
The findings of a recent study reveal the significant and widespread impact on high-tech companies of contracts with CERN.
Read article 'International interactions at Fermilab'
The Lepton Photon 2003 conference, hosted by Fermilab, provided an opportunity to take stock and to look ahead to TeV-scale physics in the coming decade. John Womersley and James Gillies report.
Read article 'CEBAF celebrates seven years of physics'
Douglas Higinbotham reports from the Jefferson Lab symposium on results that span the boundary between nuclear-meson models and quark-gluon physics.
Read article 'Training benefits from basic research'
Basic research, such as particle physics, not only attracts much needed young people to science, it also provides valuable training, says Maurice Jacob.
Read article 'Developing countries and CERN'
John Ellis looks at what CERN can offer scientists - and the wider society - in developing countries.
