Read article 'Hawking brings the origins of the universe to CERN'
During a week-long visit to CERN's Theory Unit to discuss his current research, Stephen Hawking visited the LHC, gave a well attended general lecture and talked to CERN Courier.
Read article 'LBNL celebrates its 75th anniversary with style'
The lab that began life as the home of Lawrence's 27 inch cyclotron has grown into a multi-disciplinary research centre with a promising future. Spencer Klein takes a look at LBNL on the occasion of ...
Read article 'PHYSTAT tackles the significance problem'
When analysing data from particle-physics experiments, the best statistical techniques can produce a better quality result. Given that statistical computations are not expensive, while accelerators an...
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...
