Read article 'Final sector starts cool down'
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 'Final sector starts cool down'
Read article 'DOE allocates Fermilab an additional $60.2 million'
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 ...
Read article 'AMS gets its slot on a space shuttle in 2010'
AMS gets its slot on a space shuttle in 2010
AMS-02, the experiment that will seek dark matter, missing matter and antimatter in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has recently received the green light to be part of the STS-134 ...
Read article 'Belle finds a hint of new physics in extremely rare B decays'
Belle finds a hint of new physics in extremely rare B decays
The team finds that the results, which were presented in August at the Lepton–Photon International Symposium in Hamburg, are larger than expected from the Standard Model.
Read article 'XMM-Newton sees fast-spinning white dwarf'
XMM-Newton sees fast-spinning white dwarf
Using observations by ESA’s Newton X-ray multimirror satellite, XMM-Newton, a group of Italian astronomers has derived the characteristics of a peculiar binary system consisting of a white dwarf...
Read article 'Collisions to start at 3.5 TeV'
Collisions to start at 3.5 TeV
The LHC will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year.
Read article 'PETRA III generates first X-ray beam'
PETRA III generates first X-ray beam
DESY's new synchrotron radiation source PETRA III generated the first X-ray light for research on the weekend of 18–19 July.
Read article 'New neutron-rich nuclei support ‘island of inversion’ theory'
New neutron-rich nuclei support ‘island of inversion’ theory
Researchers at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have succeeded in making and measuring the production rates of 15 new neutron-rich isotopes.
Read article 'Element 112 is to be given the name ‘copernicium’'
Element 112 is to be given the name ‘copernicium’
The team that discovered element 112 at GSI Darmstadt has proposed naming it "copernicium", with the element symbol "Cp", in honour of the scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Read article 'Fermilab’s CDF experiment observes the Ωb–baryon'
Fermilab’s CDF experiment observes the Ωb–baryon
The CDF collaboration has announced the observation of a new particle containing three quarks: two strange quarks and a bottom quark.
