Read article 'POSIPOL 2006 lines up options for ILC and CLIC'
Experts from around the world came to CERN to discuss the production of polarized positrons for future linear colliders, using the Compton back-scattering technique.
Read article 'Exotic atoms cast light on fundamental questions'
A workshop in Trento explored how experiments on exotic atoms, deeply bound kaonic states and antihydrogen provide a low-energy route to addressing fundamental physics.
Read article 'Trieste focuses on hadrons'
A meeting at the ICTP in Trieste brought together participants from the hadronic-physics and heavy-ion communities.
Read article 'EPAC’06 showcases the latest in accelerators'
EPAC’06: une vitrine pour les accélérateurs La belle ville historique d’Edimbourg, en Écosse, a constitué le cadre de la dixième conférence européenne su...
Read article 'Can experiment access Planck-scale physics?'
A gravitational analogue of Brownian motion could now make it possible to investigate Planck-scale physics using the latest quantum technology.
Read article 'The longest journey: the LHC dipoles arrive on time'
The 1232 superconducting dipole magnets are the key elements for the LHC. Their production by three different industry suppliers involved a bold contractual procedure, which has proved to be highly su...
Read article 'Precision pins down the electron’s magnetism'
A measurement of the electron magnetic moment using the combination of several leading-edge techniques has achieved new levels of accuracy, yielding a more precise value for the fine structure constan...
Read article 'ANTARES Collaboration detects its first muons'
After many years of tests, the ANTARES neutrino detector deployed in the Mediterranean Sea is using its first full detector line to register the tracks of cosmic-ray muons.
Read article 'Nuclear physics helps unravel the universe'
The latest international symposium on nuclear astrophysics showed that the field is rapidly evolving, with new observations from astronomy and nuclear physics.
Read article 'European particle physics gets ready for the future'
On 14 July in Lisbon, CERN Council adopted a strategy for particle physics in Europe, which will enable the community to participate fully in an increasingly global adventure.
