Read article 'Particles meet cosmology and strings in Boston'
Particles meet cosmology and strings in Boston
PASCOS 2004 is the latest in the symposium series that brings together disciplines from the frontier areas of modern physics.
Read article 'Particles meet cosmology and strings in Boston'
Read article 'HESS provides new view of gamma-ray sky'
HESS provides new view of gamma-ray sky
The first results from the HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes are introducing a new era in the study of very-high-energy cosmic gamma rays, as Werner Hofmann describes.
Read article 'Neutrino physics gains new levels of popularity'
Neutrino physics gains new levels of popularity
A few years ago, the question was whether or not neutrinos had mass; today we are asking what their exact mass is, as participants at Neutrino 2004 discovered.
Read article 'ICHEP lays on a Chinese banquet of physics'
ICHEP lays on a Chinese banquet of physics
The ICHEP '04 conference provided a major opportunity to review a wide range of recent progress in particle physics.
Read article 'CERN, the violin and the music of the spheres'
CERN, the violin and the music of the spheres
The World Year of Physics is upon us, designated Einstein Year in the UK. Brian Foster considers the complex web of connections between two of the famous scientist's main passions - music and physics.
Read article 'ISOLDE goes from strength to strength'
ISOLDE goes from strength to strength
In 1964 CERN took the initiative to develop the means for studying short-lived nuclei. Forty years on, ISOLDE continues to be a world-leading facility for research with radioactive beams.
Read article 'CEBAF set to double energy'
CEBAF set to double energy
Jefferson Lab is aiming to further studies of strongly interacting matter by upgrading the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility to 12 GeV and adding a fourth experimental hall. Steven Cornel...
Read article 'Jefferson Lab’s journey into the nucleus'
Jefferson Lab’s journey into the nucleus
Experiments at the boundary of nuclear physics and particle physics are providing a clearer view of the nucleus in terms of the basic quarks and gluons, as Douglas Higinbotham describes.
Read article 'A November revolution: the birth of a new particle'
A November revolution: the birth of a new particle
Frank Close goes back 30 years to when he first heard of the remarkable results from Brookhaven and SLAC that heralded the discovery of the fourth quark, charm.
Read article 'Framing Lorentz symmetry'
Framing Lorentz symmetry
Experimentalists and theorists from around the world recently gathered at Indiana University to exchange the latest findings from their experiments in the search for the violation of Lorentz symmetry.
