Read article 'Polarized colliders may prove to be the key in mapping out proton spin structure'
Arcane complication or vital property? Opinions about particle spin differ, but those who feel strongly about it say that more spin has to come into collision.
Read article 'The INFN marks half a century of research'
The Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Elisabetta Durante Romano looks at the origins of the institute, its subsequent development and its role in...
Read article 'Werner Heisenberg: the Columbus of quantum mechanics'
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Werner Heisenberg, pioneer of quantum mechanics and theoretical high-energy physics. Helmut Rechenberg, Heisenberg's last postgraduate, co-editor of his ...
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...
