Read article 'The mysteries of cosmic rays'
Until the advent of high-energy accelerators in the 1950s, high-energy cosmic rays were the main source of information on subnuclear particles. Now they are back in the research spotlight and unexpla...
Read article 'Exploring new trends in electron cooling'
The invention and development of electron cooling by Gersh Budker's team in Novosibirsk in the late 1960s and early 1970s set physics on a new route to discovery. Electron cooling has become crucial f...
Read article 'Quarks in hadrons and nuclei'
The idea of quarks as the ultimate constituents of strongly interacting particles has long been conventional dogma. Less well known, but no less important, is the role of quarks in nuclei. A recent ...
Read article 'Molecular sticky tape'
The 1998 EPS-IGA prize for outstanding work in the accelerator field was awarded to CERN’s Cris Benvenuti for “major breakthroughs in achieving ultra-high vacua in storage rings”.
Read article 'HERMES heralds insight into nucleon spin'
In which direction do quarks point? The HERMES experiment using DESY's HERA electron ring and an ingenious system to control the spin of the electron beam is poised to reveal new insights into the...
Read article 'GSI treats cancer tumours with carbon ions'
Germany's national laboratory for heavy-ion physics, GSI in Darmstadt, turns pure science to the service of humanity with a cancer treatment facility using carbon ions.
Read article 'A GEM of a detector'
A particle detection technique developed at CERN promises increased performance for major new physics experiments or anywhere where the detection of charged particles is needed, such as radiography...
Read article 'Small storage ring and getters win EPS prizes'
EPS prizes awarded in Stockholm.
Read article 'The AUSTRON: Austria’s invitation to Europe'
International partners are being sought for the AUSTRON, a proposal for a pulsed high-flux neutron spallation source which could provide an international research centre in central Europe. Austria ha...
Read article 'The full Monte-Carlo'
Monte-Carlo methods are vital simulation tools for studying high-energy particle collisions. To push the development of the Monte-Carlo generators, their underlying models and technical solutions, D...
