Read article 'Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results'
Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results
New measurements at RHIC provide further insight into heavy-ion collisions at high energies.
Read article 'Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results'
Read article 'ALICE prepares for still higher energies'
ALICE prepares for still higher energies
Collisions of lead ions at the LHC will take heavy-ion physics into a new high-energy regime.
Read article 'On the trail of dark energy'
On the trail of dark energy
One of the most remarkable discoveries of recent years is that the universe appears to be dominated by some form of "dark energy", as Eric Linder explains.
Read article 'mSUGRA celebrates its 20th year'
mSUGRA celebrates its 20th year
The SUGRA20 conference recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the invention of minimal supergravity grand unification, or mSUGRA, as Paul Frampton and Pran Nath describe.
Read article 'The tale of the Hagedorn temperature'
The tale of the Hagedorn temperature
Johann Rafelski and Torleif Ericson recall Rolf Hagedorn's discovery of a limiting temperature - in effect a melting point for hadrons - and its influence on the physics of strong interactions.
Read article 'Frontier techniques for particle physics and beyond'
Frontier techniques for particle physics and beyond
Giorgio Chiarelli reports from the 9th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, held this year on the island of Elba.
Read article 'Decision to flood hits US underground science plans'
Decision to flood hits US underground science plans
The announcement that pumping will stop at the Homestake mine has clouded the future of the favoured site for a proposed major underground laboratory in the US.
Read article 'The legacy of the bubble chamber'
The legacy of the bubble chamber
A recent one-day meeting in Bologna looked back on the era of the bubble chamber, and recalled its technical achievements and main discoveries, as well as the sociology behind its development.
Read article 'Testing times for strings'
Testing times for strings
The "hidden" dimensions of string theory may be much larger than was previously thought and may soon come within experimental reach, together with the strings themselves. Ignatios Antoniadis gives an ...
Read article 'Developing countries and CERN'
Developing countries and CERN
John Ellis looks at what CERN can offer scientists - and the wider society - in developing countries.
