Read article 'Jefferson Lab goes into the ultraviolet'
Jefferson Lab goes into the ultraviolet
The free-electron laser (FEL) at Jefferson Lab has produced its first beams at ultraviolet wavelengths.
Read article 'Jefferson Lab goes into the ultraviolet'
Read article 'Countries sign international treaty on construction of FAIR'
Countries sign international treaty on construction of FAIR
The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) was officially launched on 4 October in Wiesbaden.
Read article 'Elettra operates in top-up mode'
Elettra operates in top-up mode
Elettra, the 2/2.4 GeV third generation Italian light source, has successfully joined the synchrotron facilities that operate fully in top-up mode.
Read article 'Exoplanet hunters find rich planetary systems'
Exoplanet hunters find rich planetary systems
The time when isolated extrasolar planets were discovered is over, with the detection of two entire systems of six and possibly even seven planets orbiting nearby stars. These recent discoveries by tw...
Read article 'Bunch trains lead towards target luminosity'
Bunch trains lead towards target luminosity
Three weeks of intense machine development on the LHC came to a satisfying conclusion on the night of 21 September with the final validation of the machine-protection systems for operation with "bunc...
Read article 'AMS takes off for Kennedy Space Center'
AMS takes off for Kennedy Space Center
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment that will search for antimatter and dark matter in space, left Geneva on 26 August on the penultimate leg of its journey to the International Spac...
Read article 'ATLAS puts limits on excited quarks'
ATLAS puts limits on excited quarks
The collaboration has set its limits for the hypothesised particle outside of the Standard Model.
Read article 'The LHC gets set for more luminosity'
The LHC gets set for more luminosity
Recent work by the operations team at the LHC has focused on pushing the machine’s performance towards higher luminosity and into new territory in terms of stored beam power.
Read article 'FLASH is in full swing again'
FLASH is in full swing again
On 2 September, user operation resumed at the FLASH free-electron laser (FEL) at DESY in Hamburg after a major upgrade that boosted its energy to 1.2 GeV and its wavelength to 4.45 nm.
Read article 'PETRA III begins research operations'
PETRA III begins research operations
DESY’s new X-ray source, PETRA III, has begun operating for the international scientific community, with the first external users welcomed at the third-generation synchrotron source.
