Read article 'The future’s bright for the Pierre Auger Observatory'
Researchers at the Pierre Auger Observatory have taken investigations of air showers created by very-high-energy cosmic rays to new heights. Alan Watson reports on progress.
Read article 'COMPASS homes in on the nucleon spin'
In continuing CERN's long tradition in investigating and unravelling the spin structure of the nucleon, the COMPASS experiment is also pioneering new detection techniques.
Read article 'Let there be axions'
Konstantin Zioutas reports on the first Joint ILIAS-CAST-CERN Axion Training workshops, which covered a wide range of studies, from experiments at nuclear reactors to investigations of the roles of ax...
Read article 'Ettore Majorana: genius and mystery'
Antonino Zichichi provides a dual insight into Ettore Majorana: the genius of his many contributions to physics, and the mystery that surrounds his disappearance.
Read article 'CMS closes up for magnet test and cosmic challenge'
Members of the CMS collaboration have spent much of this year preparing for crucial tests before starting to lower the gigantic detector into the underground cavern in the autumn.
Read article 'Pisa pushes new frontiers'
The island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany, hosted the 10th Pisa meeting on frontier detectors, a quarter of a century since the meetings began. Giorgio Chiarelli reports.
Read article 'ENLIGHT++ extends cancer therapy research network'
ENLIGHT++ étend le réseau de recherche sur le traitement du cancer par les ions légers La réunion préparatoire du réseau ENLIGHT++ s’est tenue au CERN en mars, rass...
Read article 'Nobel inspiration: a passion for precision'
Carolyn Lee talks to Theodor Hänsch, who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy.
Read article 'CLEO cleans up below the charm threshold'
The charmonium spectrum provides fertile ground for investigating the force that binds quarks together, and the CLEO detector is revealing some previously missing states, as David Cassel and Jonathan ...
Read article 'Micro-pattern technology gets set for more challenges'
A recent meeting at CERN reviewed the progress in the development of micro-pattern gas detectors for current and future particle-physics experiments.
