Read article 'Discovery of doubly magic nickel'
Discovery of doubly magic nickel
An experiment at the French GANIL laboratory has recently discovered a new "doubly magic" nucleus - only the tenth such isotope known to science.
Read article 'Discovery of doubly magic nickel'
Read article 'Deciphering the enigma of elastic scattering'
Deciphering the enigma of elastic scattering
Understanding most of what happens in high-energy particle scattering should be easy, but it isn't. A recent international conference underlined a traditional dilemma.
Read article 'Bohrium finds a place in the Table'
Bohrium finds a place in the Table
An international collaboration of radiochemists has carried out the first chemical study of the transuranic element bohrium (atomic number 107) using the Philips cyclotron at the Swiss Paul Scherrer I...
Read article 'LHC workshop studies new physics'
LHC workshop studies new physics
With construction work for CERN's LHC and its big detectors under way a workshop, Standard Model Physics at the LHC, was held at CERN.
Read article 'BEARS deliver radioactive species'
BEARS deliver radioactive species
BEARS is led by Joseph Cerny, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California and LBNL Nuclear Science Division, with other researchers from the Nuclear Science Division, the Life Sciences Divi...
Read article 'Radioactive beams drive physics forward'
Radioactive beams drive physics forward
Radioactive ion beams provide access to a variety of research, from basic nuclear physics to the life sciences. Thomas Nilsson looks at the varied radioactive ion beam research programme of CERN's vet...
Read article 'Handling high-energy spin'
Handling high-energy spin
The discovery of spin was a surprise, and the subsequent history of spin physics has lived up to this reputation. With plenty of spin puzzles still around, physicists have to look at how to handle sp...
Read article 'Silver celebration for Swiss pions'
Silver celebration for Swiss pions
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first particle beams at the former Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research, now better known as the Paul Scherrer Institute.
Read article 'Experiments rechart the Big Bang'
Experiments rechart the Big Bang
In the beginning there were quarks and gluons the "quarkgluon plasma". Density and temperature decreased as the universe expanded and cooled.
Read article 'Deep import of deep inelastic scattering'
Deep import of deep inelastic scattering
The quest goes on to try to pin down the detailed inner structure of the proton. The problem is that, the harder physicists look, the more structure they find.
