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Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre opens

The Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre (HIT) celebrated its opening at the Heidelberg University Hospital on 2 November.

VERITAS observes the origin of cosmic rays

The detection of very-high energy (VHE, E> 100 GeV) gamma-rays from the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82) by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) may...

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).

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...

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Nobel for optical fibres and CCDs

2009 Nobel prize goes to Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith.

ATLAS and CMS collect cosmic-event data…

As with the other experiments, the shutdown period provided the opportunity for consolidation work on the detectors.

…while the LHC gets colder and colder

The cool-down and commissioning of the LHC continues to progress well.

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 ...

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...