Read article 'LEP pursues Higgs boson and greater W precision'
While we wait for a definitive sighting of the enigmatic Higgs particle, there is no lack of careful precision work for the experiments at CERN's LEP electronpositron collider. Bob Clare of MIT look...
Read article 'CERN gears up for deceleration'
Antiprotons have been a highlight of close-of-the-century physics. CERN's Antiproton Decelerator will continue this tradition into the 21st century.
Read article 'Zen and the art of low-energy antiproton experiments'
A recent workshop in Japan set the scene for a range of experiments at CERN's AD machine, which will synthesize and explore atoms of antimatter. John Eades reports.
Read article 'Taking scientific note'
The problem of publishing physics papers that have long lists of authors and reconciling it with the need to give due recognition to the contributions of individuals or small groups has long been reco...
Read article 'New class of publications that will recognize individual contributions in future experiments'
The text of the official statement on the creation of the new "scientific notes" class of publications.
Read article 'Eclipse of a visionary'
Bjørn Wiik, visionary and talented director-general of the DESY Laboratory, Hamburg, died in a domestic accident in February, leaving the laboratory, and a major part of the world's high-energy physi...
Read article 'A tribute to Bjørn Wiik'
Bjørn Wiik's important role in furthering international collaboration was also highlighted at a special gathering at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily.
Read article 'The Sun: a brilliant past and an even brighter future'
The Sun may be the centre of our world, but it is not a typical star. At a special meeting, arranged by l'Observatoire de Paris at the Moët et Chandon manor at Epernay for the total solar eclipse of ...
Read article 'Heavy physics implications'
This year's major particle physics meeting showed that heavy "flavours", whether they are strongly interacting quarks or weakly interacting leptons, are still very much at the cutting edge of today's ...
Read article '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.
