Read article 'Bose-Einstein condensation revisited'
The award of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physics to Eric Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl Wieman for their "achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms and for early fun...
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe'
Some 2000 metres underground in a working nickel mine, physicists have installed one of the world's most sensitive instruments for observing the universe. Operational since 1999, the Sudbury Neutrino...
Read article 'Database lists the top-cited physics papers'
Citation tracking can point to the most influential trends in research. Heath O'Connell and Michael Peskin analyse the chart for the year 2000 and report the hottest topics in high-energy physics.
Read article 'Experts share news of radiofrequency progress'
Radiofrequency (RF) electric fields provide the motive power for high-energy accelerators.
Read article 'Astroparticle physicists gain increased support'
Understanding what happens in the largest objects of the universe in terms of interactions between the smallest particles of matter might seem a tall order, but funding agencies see that, as well ...
Read article 'Experiment boosts the idea of a nuclear halo'
The availability of relatively copious sources of antiprotons has stimulated the study of "exotic" atoms, in which a negatively charged antiproton replaces an orbital atomic electron. When they app...
Read article 'Cornell makes plans to alter its course'
Cornell University in New York managed for a long time to keep pace with major national laboratories. Experiments at Cornell provided many important contributions to the physics of B-mesons - parti...
Read article 'HERMES searches for the nucleon’s missing spin'
While the proton and the neutron are made up of quarks and gluons, the spin of the proton or the neutron is difficult to reconcile with the spins of quark and gluon components. For more than a deca...
Read article 'Report urges scientists to secure their records'
A new report underlines the importance of keeping scientific records to safeguard our scientific heritage. Once an experiment is complete, its responsibilities are not over.
Read article 'Biology research becomes crystal clear'
A new range of PET instrumentation, based on research and development experience from high-energy physics experiments, aims to provide biology researchers with powerful tools to monitor the effects o...
