Read article 'CERN’s giant fridge'
CERN’s giant fridge
The first stage of the refrigeration system for the Large Hadron Collider is now installed and ready for the initial cooling tests in 2005, as Laurent Tavian describes.
Read article 'CERN’s giant fridge'
Read article 'There’s plenty of room at the top'
There’s plenty of room at the top
Space is the ultimate laboratory for fundamental physics and the possibility of holding experiments there was the theme of the SpacePart '03 conference. Roberto Battiston reports.
Read article 'The W and Z at LEP'
The W and Z at LEP
The Large Electron Positron collider made significant contributions to the process of establishing the Standard Model as the basis for matter and forces, and also built a platform for physics scenario...
Read article 'ISOLDE goes on the trail of superlatives'
ISOLDE goes on the trail of superlatives
The superlarge nuclei studied at CERN's ISOLDE facility can now vie for attention with the superdeformed and the superheavy, as David Lunney explains.
Read article 'Space goes quantum at Stony Brook'
Space goes quantum at Stony Brook
Does a melting crystal provide the key to developing a quantum description of gravity? Advances at the first Simons Workshop point to a connection.
Read article 'ASACUSA enters a new world of precision'
ASACUSA enters a new world of precision
The antiproton may soon be better known than the proton, and an ion that is more hydrogen-like than hydrogen may become the subject of high-precision laser spectroscopy experiments. John Eades describ...
Read article 'The W and Z particles: a personal recollection'
The W and Z particles: a personal recollection
Pierre Darriulat, who was spokesperson for the UA2 collaboration between 1978 and 1985, looks back at the events surrounding the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN in 1983.
Read article 'Bringing the heavens down to Earth'
Bringing the heavens down to Earth
Recent developments and discoveries in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology are creating an increasing synergy between astroparticle physics and particle physics at accelerators, as Nikolaos M...
Read article 'Highlights of SIGHAD03'
Highlights of SIGHAD03
The SIGHAD03 workshop in Pisa considered the challenges presented by different sources of low-energy hadronic cross-section data.
Read article 'Perspectives for nuclear-physics research in Europe'
Perspectives for nuclear-physics research in Europe
The Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee's recently published long-range plan looks forward to an exciting future with new facilities and challenging research.
