Read article 'Spark-proof GEM gives higher gain'
A team from CERN and INFN has developed the resistive-electrode thick GEM, or RETGEM, which offers a high gain while being intrinsically protected against sparks.
Read article 'US looks to new rare-isotope science facility'
A new heavy-ion linear accelerator based in the US would provide the opportunity to tackle directly the current challenges arising from investigations of nuclear science.
Read article 'George Smoot: the Indiana Jones of the universe'
During a visit to CERN, 2006 Nobel laureate George Smoot talked to Arnaud Marsollier about his quest to explore the early universe, and how cosmology and particle physics are coming together in a gra...
Read article 'MEGAPIE leads the way to waste transmutation'
A high-power proton beam and a special target have produced a high-power neutron source at PSI, with potential for the transmutation of radioactive waste.
Read article 'RF antennas help unravel cosmic rays'
The first results from the CODALEMA experiment are introducing a new approach for studying very high-energy cosmic rays.
Read article 'Zurich workshop faces the LHC’s precision challenge'
With Switzerland's reputation for exactitude, Zurich was the ideal place for scientists to discuss high precision for hard processes at LHC in this last year's workshop.
Read article 'CMS: a super solenoid is ready for business'
In the spring of 2007 the powerful superconducting solenoid for the CMS experiment had passed its commissioning tests with flying colours and was ready for routine operation.
Read article 'The EEE Project: big science goes to school'
Antonino Zichichi tells Bob Swarup about his initiative to bring frontier research in physics into the heart of Italian schools and to encourage the next generation of physicists.
Read article 'Axions create excitement and doubt at Princeton'
A workshop at the Institute for Advanced Study paid much attention to a small-scale experiment that might have found the first direct indication of a new particle.
Read article 'CMS collaboration takes on a cosmic challenge'
During two periods in summer and autumn 2006, the CMS collaboration took advantage of the near-complete assembly of the detector above ground to test its performance with cosmic rays, from support sys...
