Read article 'Thinking big in vacuum R&D'
Head of the KIT Vacuum Lab, Christian Day, discusses the importance of an integrated approach to vacuum system development in which modelling, simulation and experimental validation all work in tandem...
Read article 'Vacuum solutions fuel fusion dreams'
ITER vacuum-section leader Robert Pearce describes the latest progress with one of the largest and most complex vacuum systems ever built.
Read article 'MAX IV: partnership is the key'
State-of-the-art ultrahigh-vacuum technologies underpin the 3 GeV electron storage ring of Sweden's MAX IV light source.
Read article 'Exotic flavours at the FCC'
Intriguing hints of deviations from the Standard Model in the flavour sector point towards new physics accessible at a Future Circular Collider.
Read article 'How the Sun and stars shine'
Precise measurements of solar neutrinos have enabled the Borexino experiment to definitively observe the two main fusion reactions in stars.
Read article 'Linacs to narrow radiotherapy gap'
Technology originally developed for high-energy physics is being used to develop a novel medical linear accelerator for radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries.
Read article 'Powering for a sustainable future'
Energy economy was the primary motivation for CERN to adopt the “Sirius” family of regenerative power converters for its transfer lines.
Read article 'Counting collisions precisely at CMS'
Beyond the setting of new records, precise knowledge of the luminosity at particle colliders is vital for physics analyses.
Read article 'ITER powers ahead'
Assembly of the tokamak that will confine a 150-million-degree plasma inside the ITER fusion experiment is under way.
Read article 'The end of an era'
Steven Weinberg is part of the reduced rank of scientists who have radically changed the way we understand the universe and our place in it.
