Read article 'Simon van der Meer 1925–2011'
Simon van der Meer 1925–2011
Many people in the high-energy physics community were deeply saddened to learn that Simon van der Meer passed away on 4 March.
Read article 'Simon van der Meer 1925–2011'
Read article 'PAMELA data challenge theory for cosmic-ray acceleration'
PAMELA data challenge theory for cosmic-ray acceleration
The satellite experiment Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) has reported finding differences between the shapes of the energy spectra of protons and heliu...
Read article 'AIDA makes EU-funded access to European facilities available'
AIDA makes EU-funded access to European facilities available
Access to six European test facilities is now available as part of a new EU project funded by the FP7 Capacities Programme.
Read article 'ALICE gets with the flow'
ALICE gets with the flow
With data from the first heavy-ion run at the LHC, the ALICE collaboration has made the first observation of elliptic flow of charged particles in lead-lead collisions at 2.76 TeV per nucleon pair.
Read article 'ATLAS goes in search of new physics'
ATLAS goes in search of new physics
Only a few months after the end of the 2010 data taking, the ATLAS experiment is entering its discovery phase at the LHC.
Read article 'CMS pursues the Higgs boson'
CMS pursues the Higgs boson
The CMS collaboration has announced its first results on the measurement of the W+W– production cross-section and on the related search for the Higgs boson in proton–proton collisions at the LHC a...
Read article 'LHCb sets limits on rare B decays to dimuons'
LHCb sets limits on rare B decays to dimuons
New particles, in particular those that arise in models with an extended Higgs sector, can augment the decay rates and thus provide signs of new physics.
Read article 'Rare isotope facility is set for 2020'
Rare isotope facility is set for 2020
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Project, which was awarded two years ago to Michigan State University by the US Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) is making significant progres...
Read article 'Upgrade of Nuclotron paves the way for NICA'
Upgrade of Nuclotron paves the way for NICA
The successful completion of the upgrade to the Nuclotron at JINR marks the end of an important first step in the construction of the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Facility and Multi-Purpose Detector (...
Read article 'Superfluidity at work in neutron star’s core'
Superfluidity at work in neutron star’s core
The rapid decline in temperature of a young neutron star in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) suggests superfluidity and superconductivity at its core. This conclusion, based on observat...
