Read article 'NSCL researchers constrain nuclear symmetry energy at low density'
By analysing collisions between several combinations of tin nuclei, researchers at the Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) have refined the understanding of ...
Read article 'PAMELA finds an anomalous cosmic positron abundance'
The collaboration for the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) experiment has published evidence of a cosmic-positron abundance in the 1.5–100 GeV range.
Read article 'MAGIC becomes twice as good'
Now the MAGIC-I telescope is being joined by a sibling, MAGIC-II, which has similar characteristics together with several improvements.
Read article 'LHC consolidation work proceeds apace'
The consolidation campaign for the LHC, which aims to ensure a safe final commissioning and reliable running of the collider is now well under way.
Read article 'PAMELA pins down cosmic antiproton flux'
The satellite experiment Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) has made a new measurement of the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in cosmic rays with energi...
Read article 'ISOLTRAP weighs in with new noble results'
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , the 18th-century philosopher scientist, said: "To see something new, you must build something new."
Read article 'Finding the way to polarized antiprotons'
The QCD physics potential of experiments with high-energy polarized antiprotons is enormous, but until now high-luminosity experiments have been impossible.
Read article 'CDF and D0 report single top quark events'
Almost 14 years to the day after the announcement of the discovery of the top quark in 1995, the CDF and D0 collaborations at Fermilab have announced the observation of top quarks produced singly ...
Read article 'Fermi sees most powerful gamma-ray burst'
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed the evolution of a gamma-ray burst over six orders of magnitude in photon energy.
Read article 'CERN firms up the LHC schedule'
In a workshop in Chamonix on 2–6 February, members of the LHC accelerator and experimental teams, as well as CERN’s management, met to formulate a realistic timetable to have the LHC running safe...
