Read article 'US industry-built ILC cavity reaches 41 MV/m'
For the first time, a US-industry-made superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavity has reached and exceeded the accelerating gradient required for the envisioned International Linear Collider (ILC).
Read article 'First ions for ALICE and rings for LHCb'
Injection tests on 25–29 September delivered heavy ions for the first time to the threshold of the LHC. Particles were extracted from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and transported along the TI...
Read article 'Nobel for optical fibres and CCDs'
2009 Nobel prize goes to Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith.
Read article 'ATLAS and CMS collect cosmic-event data…'
As with the other experiments, the shutdown period provided the opportunity for consolidation work on the detectors.
Read article '…while the LHC gets colder and colder'
The cool-down and commissioning of the LHC continues to progress well.
Read article 'LISOL takes dipole moments that are close to magic'
The nuclear shell model remains an essential tool in describing the structure of nuclei heavier than carbon, with shells corresponding to the "magic" numbers of protons (Z) or neutrons (N) associated ...
Read article 'Can invading black holes explain GRBs?'
X-ray observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by the Swift satellite suggest that the central engine can be active for up to a few hours. A new theoretical study shows that this is difficult to explai...
Read article 'VECC’s superconducting success'
VECC's superconducting cyclotron is the most advanced, hi-tech accelerator ever constructed in India.
Read article 'Final sector starts cool down'
On 2 September the cool down of LHC sector 6-7 got underway, following some minor repair work.
Read article 'DOE allocates Fermilab an additional $60.2 million'
In the latest instalment of funding from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Fermilab is to receive an additional $60.2 million to ...
