Read article 'Silicon detectors: pushing up daisies or coming up roses?'
Read article 'Silicon detectors: pushing up daisies or coming up roses?'
Read article 'The quest for gravitational waves'
The quest for gravitational waves
The gravitational waves emitted by accelerated masses were predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity as long ago as 1916, but so far remain undetected.
Read article 'Making tracks for the LHC'
Making tracks for the LHC
Pictures ultimately provide the most graphic record of of particle interactions. For CERN's LHC collider, sophisticated electronic "eyes" at the heart of the big ATLAS and CMS detectors will pick up ...
Read article 'Challenging the Big Bang: a longer history of time'
Challenging the Big Bang: a longer history of time
Conventional dogma says that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything. Here, Gabriele Veneziano of CERN challenges this view. He believes that the Big Bang is the biggest thing that the universe ...
Read article 'The ratchet of time'
The ratchet of time
New results remind us how, in the strange world of the neutral kaon, a fast rewind does not necessarily take you back to where you started.
Read article 'Directions beyond the Standard Model'
Directions beyond the Standard Model
The annual theory workshop at the German DESY laboratory in Hamburg traditionally focuses on a burning physics issue. The latest event, exploring "Directions beyond the Standard Model", tried to pee...
Read article 'Relic neutrinos, a challenge for the next millennium'
Relic neutrinos, a challenge for the next millennium
Neutrinos created in the first seconds after the Big Bang could hold vital clues about the evolution of the universe. A workshop in Trieste looked at a wealth of intriguing possibilities.
Read article 'ABSolutely fabulous!'
ABSolutely fabulous!
Software is playing an increasingly important role in the tricky business of setting up the beams from particle accelerators. A recent workshop at CERN looked at what has been accomplished so far and ...
Read article 'ECFA in Poland'
ECFA in Poland
In its continual tour of CERN Member States, the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) visited Poland recently. The venue was Cracow's 600-year-old Jagiellonian University, the oldest in...
Read article 'Putting a spin on physics'
Putting a spin on physics
Both theoretically and experimentally, spin physics has always been a challenge. Although many physicists proudly point to an increased understanding, some spin puzzles are still waiting for an expl...
