Read article 'Galactic positrons are not from dark matter'
A new study on the propagation of positrons in the galaxy suggests that dark-matter annihilation or decay is not required to account for gamma-ray observations by ESA’s INTEGRAL satellite. It sh...
Read article 'Superconducting RF separator emerges from its long sleep'
he first superconducting high-frequency device made for particle physics has begun a new life at the U-70 proton synchrotron at the Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) at Protvino.
Read article 'The ESA Planck spacecraft heads off to its final destination after successful launch'
Planck, ESA's new spacecraft to map the cosmic microwave background, successfully took its first steps into space on 14 May when it was launched together with the far-infrared space telescope Hersche...
Read article 'Element 112 receives official recognition'
Element 112, discovered at GSI Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
Read article 'LHC restart remains on schedule'
At the 151st session of the CERN Council on 19 June, director-general Rolf Heuer confirmed that the LHC remains on schedule for a restart this autumn, albeit about 2–3 weeks later than originally ...
Read article 'Knocking on the door again'
The LHC's anti-clockwise beam transfer system was tested on 6 and 7 June.
Read article 'GSI reveals new magic numbers in nuclei'
The shell structure of atomic nuclei with its magic numbers (2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126) for protons and neutrons corresponding to an enhanced binding is a cornerstone in understanding the structure an...
Read article 'CERN openlab enters phase three'
On 2–3 April CERN's director-general, Rolf Heuer, officially launched the third phase of the CERN openlab at the 2009 annual meeting of the CERN openlab Board of Sponsors.
Read article 'XMM-Newton observes emission from matter around a black hole'
A recent observation by the XMM-Newton satellite revealed two prominent emission lines in the X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert galaxy 1H 0707-495.
Read article 'KEKB breaks luminosity record'
A team working at the KEKB electron–positron collider at the KEK laboratory in Japan has broken the machine’s existing world record for luminosity by using new accelerator components calle...
