Read article 'CERN and Saclay: 40 years of co-operation'
The Saclay research centre opened its doors in 1952, just two years before CERN was founded. For much of the time since then, the two laboratories have enjoyed a fruitful collaboration, spanning the d...
Read article 'MACRO delivers its final word on monopoles'
The MACRO experiment searched for magnetic monopoles throughout the 1990s. It found none but set stringent limits.
Read article 'Hadronic interactions in Slovakia'
The Hadron Structure 2002 conference covered topics ranging from spin studies to relativistic nuclear physics, as Dusan Bruncko and Jozef Urbán report.
Read article 'When CERN saw the end of the alphabet'
The W and Z particles were first observed at CERN 20 years ago by the UA1 and UA2 experiments. Daniel Denegri, who worked with UA1, recollects the spirit of discovery at the time.
Read article 'Japanese use phonons to cool neutrons'
A new technique for cooling neutrons has been pioneered in Japan and offers the promise of an intense source of ultracold neutrons.
Read article 'DAFNE goes hypernuclear'
A new experiment at the Frascati laboratory's φ-factory is set to investigate the strange world of the hypernucleus.
Read article 'The eventful story of charmonium singlet states'
The search for spin zero, odd parity states of charmonium has in the past led to strange and contrary results, but the picture is now becoming clearer.
Read article 'Induction acceleration looks to the future'
It was a milestone event in the history of induction accelerators when more than 55 experts assembled at KEK in October 2002 for an international workshop on Recent Progress in Induction Accelerators ...
Read article 'Ireland invests in a scientific future'
The Irish government is investing in a new initiative to encourage leading scientists and engineers to move to Ireland. William Harris, director-general of Science Foundation Ireland, explains.
Read article 'The continuing challenge of quantum chromodynamics'
Thirty years after quantum chromodynamics was invented, tackling its difficulties continues to fascinate a host of theorists - and often proves a necessity for unravelling the limits of the Standard M...
