Read article 'Calling long distance: Geneva to Italy'
Calling long distance: Geneva to Italy
The CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project is set to deliver its first neutrinos in spring 2006. A key element is the vast decay tube.
Read article 'Calling long distance: Geneva to Italy'
Read article 'Looking at the stars from a well'
Looking at the stars from a well
Observing what goes on in the heart of stars from deep below ground is an effective tool for understanding stellar interiors and the primordial universe, as Gianni Fiorentini and Alessandro Pascolini ...
Read article 'Postcards from CERN: 50 years through a lens'
Postcards from CERN: 50 years through a lens
Over the years CERN’s photographers have provided an important record of the laboratory’s development. This selection provides a glimpse of CERN’s history through their eyes.
Read article 'The NSS/MIC conference: a global meeting place'
The NSS/MIC conference: a global meeting place
The IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference provides a unique - and increasingly popular - annual event for scientists and engineers to come together to review progress in detect...
Read article 'A machine for learning'
A machine for learning
Ilan Ben-Zvi describes Brookhaven's facility for long-term R&D in advanced accelerator physics, which he directed until recently.
Read article 'The new transversity council of Trento'
The new transversity council of Trento
A recent workshop on new developments in nucleon spin structure, held at the ECT* in Trento, revived memories of the famous Council of Trento of 1530.
Read article 'Digging deep in the High Tatras mountains'
Digging deep in the High Tatras mountains
The latest in the DIS series of workshops looked at probing the proton to reveal more about quantum chromodynamics.
Read article 'The high-intensity frontier'
The high-intensity frontier
A high-intensity proton accelerator operating at a few giga-electron-volts would offer a wide range of opportunities for both particle and nuclear physics.
Read article 'Computing at CERN: the mainframe era'
Computing at CERN: the mainframe era
Chris Jones takes a look back at the heyday of the computer mainframe through a selection of "memory bytes".
Read article 'Hands across the Mediterranean'
Hands across the Mediterranean
Scientists from North Africa, the Middle East and Europe came together in a meeting at CERN to discuss common projects in fields varying from particle physics to water desalination. Robert Klapisch re...
