Read article 'Belle finds more exotic mesons'
The Belle collaboration has announced the discovery at the Japanese B-factory, KEKB, of three new exotic sub-atomic particles, which they have labelled the Z1, Z2 and Yb. The Z1 and Z2 states appear t...
Read article 'D0 observes b-version omega'
First observation of the b-version omega consisting two strange quarks and a b quark.
Read article 'Nobel rewards for work on broken symmetry'
Broken symmetry in particle physics is the underlying theme for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Read article 'Successful test for CLIC'
The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study collaboration has for the first time sent beam right to the end of the drive beamline in the CLIC Test Facility (CTF3).
Read article 'Incident in sector 3-4 of the LHC'
Commissioning of the LHC came to an abrupt halt at midday on 19 September, when an incident occurred in sector 3-4 that resulted in a large helium leak in the LHC tunnel.
Read article 'The LHC sees its first circulating beam'
At 10.28 am on 10 September, the first beam made the full 27 km journey around the LHC, travelling in a clockwise direction.
Read article 'The LHC: from dream to reality'
Robert Aymar on the start-up of the LHC.
Read article 'Neutron-rich nuclei reveal new secrets'
Two research teams at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) have reported fresh findings about neutron-rich nuclei
Read article 'Polarization brings to light the accretion discs inside quasars'
The extreme luminosity of quasars is thought to be generated by supermassive black holes accreting surrounding material at the heart of galaxies. If the accretion has a preferred rotation axis, the in...
Read article 'Cryogenic jets defy Rayleigh’s theory'
Many technical and scientific applications, such as experiments with internal targets at particle accelerators, require the transport into an interaction zone of substances that are gaseous at room te...
