Read article 'CMS does a full cosmic-data run'
CMS does a full cosmic-data run
On 11 November 2008 the conclusion of a month-long, major data-taking run by the CMS collaboration brought a two-year commissioning phase to a successful close.
Read article 'CMS does a full cosmic-data run'
Read article 'MW linacs could supply medical isotopes'
MW linacs could supply medical isotopes
In late 2007, owing to an extended shutdown of Canada's National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River, North America experienced a critical shortage of the medical isotope molybdenum-99.
Read article 'High-energy physics team sets data-transfer world records'
High-energy physics team sets data-transfer world records
An international team led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with partners from Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, Fermilab, Brookhaven, CERN, Brazil, Estonia, Korea and Pakistan, set new...
Read article 'Pierre Auger Collaboration inaugurates observatory'
Pierre Auger Collaboration inaugurates observatory
More than 200 guests and 100 collaboration members celebrated the inauguration of the Pierre Auger Observatory at its southern site in Malargüe, Argentina, on 14 November.
Read article 'DESY awards two building contracts for European XFEL'
DESY awards two building contracts for European XFEL
The 3.4 km long research facility will be located between the DESY site at Bahrenfeld and the neighbouring town of Schenefeld.
Read article 'Proton-rich nuclei shed light on heavy-element synthesis in cosmos'
Proton-rich nuclei shed light on heavy-element synthesis in cosmos
Measurements of the half lives of two heavy elements by the NSCL.
Read article 'Chandra improves dark-energy constraints'
Chandra improves dark-energy constraints
Evidence that the nature of dark energy is a cosmological constant is gathering strength. By adding independent constraints on dark energy from X-ray observations of clusters of galaxies by the Chandr...
Read article 'Breaking ground for Linac 4'
Breaking ground for Linac 4
Civil engineering work has started on Linac 4, a major new renovation project for the CERN accelerator complex.
Read article 'Brookhaven finds more rare kaon decays'
Brookhaven finds more rare kaon decays
The E949 collaboration at Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed three new events of the rare kaon decay.
Read article 'New training PARTNERship joins the battle against cancer'
New training PARTNERship joins the battle against cancer
On 16–17 October members of a new four-year, EU-funded project met at CERN for the kick-off meeting of the Particle Training Network for European Radiotherapy (PARTNER)
