Read article 'Canada explores cyclotron solution to isotope shortage'
Canada explores cyclotron solution to isotope shortage
Canada investigates the world's most in-demand isotope for medical-imaging purposes.
Read article 'Canada explores cyclotron solution to isotope shortage'
Read article 'Astronomers miss 90% of distant galaxies'
Astronomers miss 90% of distant galaxies
The rate of star formation in the early universe is mainly deduced based on a specific hydrogen-emission line observed in remote galaxies. It was already suspected that this Lyman-α line is stron...
Read article 'AMS begins journey to Florida'
AMS begins journey to Florida
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) left CERN on 12 February on the first leg of its journey to the International Space Station (ISS).
Read article 'Beam returns for the start of the longest run'
Beam returns for the start of the longest run
In the early hours of 28 February, beam was circulating again in the LHC at the start of operations that are scheduled to continue for the next 18 to 24 months.
Read article 'ALBA’s booster accelerator in operational test'
ALBA’s booster accelerator in operational test
The first operational tests of the booster accelerator for the ALBA synchrotron light source in Barcelona took place in January.
Read article 'GSI team first to trap superheavy element'
GSI team first to trap superheavy element
An international team of researchers at GSI Darmstadt has successfully contained atoms of nobelium (atomic number 102) in an ion trap.
Read article 'STAR finds heaviest antinucleus'
STAR finds heaviest antinucleus
Studies of high-energy collisions of gold ions by the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Brookhaven, have revealed evidence of the most massive antinucleus to date.
Read article 'Super-Kamiokande sees first T2K event'
Super-Kamiokande sees first T2K event
The international Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) collaboration announced the first detection of a long-distance neutrino in the Super-Kamiokande detector on 24 February.
Read article 'CERN and JINR sign new agreement'
CERN and JINR sign new agreement
CERN and JINR have a long and successful history of collaboration – the first informal meeting on international co-operation in the field of high-energy accelerators took place at CERN in 1959 – a...
Read article 'Gravitational lensing constrains cosmology'
Gravitational lensing constrains cosmology
When two sources at various distances happen to be aligned on the line of sight, the gravitational field of the nearer galaxy distorts the image of the distant galaxy into multiple arc-shaped images (...
