Read article 'B-factories yield first evidence for elusive D⁰–D̅⁰ mixing'
It is more than 50 years since researchers first observed particle–antiparticle mixing, with the discovery of a second, longer-lived neutral kaon state. This discovery pre-dated the quark model, but...
Read article 'Theory ties strings round jet suppression'
The properties of quark–gluon plasma (QGP), where the quarks and gluons are no longer confined within hadrons, lead to intriguing effects that have already been studied in heavy-ion collisions at CE...
Read article 'MiniBooNE solves neutrino mystery'
The MiniBooNE Collaboration at Fermilab has revealed its first findings.
Read article 'Coupled-clusters point to faster computation'
Calculations of the structure of heavy nuclei have long suffered from the difficulties presented by the sheer complexity of the many-body system, with all of its protons and neutrons.
Read article 'Light source gets off to a good start with first electron bunch'
Commissioning of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC began on 5 April when physicists and engineers started up the electron-injector system for the first time, and created and accelerated ...
Read article 'GRB afterglow challenges theory'
An extremely bright and long afterglow of a rather common gamma-ray burst (GRB) was observed during four months by the X-ray telescope of NASA’s Swift satellite. Such a long-lasting X-ray emissi...
Read article 'ICFA releases ILC design report'
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has released the Reference Design Report (RDR) for a future International Linear Collider (ILC)
Read article 'SLAC demonstrates plasma ‘afterburner’'
A team of researchers at SLAC has shown that plasma acceleration can dramatically boost the energy of particles over a short distance.
Read article 'New BMBF funding for LHC experiments'
In February the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF, set up new funding for the German universities and institutions involved in ALICE, ATLAS and CMS.
Read article 'CMS solenoid makes successful descent'
At 6.00 a.m. on 28 February the heaviest section of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector began its momentous journey into the experiment's cavern, 100 m below ground.
