Read article 'Protons knock on the LHC’s door'
Protons knock on the LHC’s door
This brief article announces a proton beam passing down transfer line ti 8 for the second time in the LHC.
Read article 'Protons knock on the LHC’s door'
Read article 'CERN Council looks forward to imminent start-up of the LHC'
CERN Council looks forward to imminent start-up of the LHC
At its 147th meeting on 20 June, CERN Council heard news on progress towards start-up of the LHC later this summer.
Read article 'Brilliant naked-eye GRB constrains theory'
Brilliant naked-eye GRB constrains theory
GRB 080319B is the plain name for an extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was so bright that it could be seen with the unaided eye for 30 s. The detailed observation of the prompt optica...
Read article 'DAMA strengthens claim of annual modulation with new intriguing evidence'
DAMA strengthens claim of annual modulation with new intriguing evidence
Nine years ago the DAMA collaboration announced intriguing evidence for an annual modulation in the signals in its detectors, which could be evidence of dark-matter particles in the galactic halo.
Read article 'EGEE steps up a gear with a third phase of Grid infrastructure'
EGEE steps up a gear with a third phase of Grid infrastructure
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) is the largest multidisciplinary Grid infrastructure in the world, covering research fields from particle physics to biomedicine. Now the project has begun its thir...
Read article 'TRIUMF to establish Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research'
TRIUMF to establish Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research
TRIUMF laboratory receives award from the Canadian government.
Read article '…while CMS completes crystal calorimeter'
…while CMS completes crystal calorimeter
The final crystals for the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) arrived from China and Russia at CERN in March, completing a mammoth production process nearly 10 years after the delivery of the fir...
Read article 'LHCb measures its first cosmic-ray muons…'
LHCb measures its first cosmic-ray muons…
The LHCb team has for the first time measured cosmic rays passing through three of the experiment’s subdetectors simultaneously, selected by muon triggers.
Read article 'MICE beam takes its first steps'
MICE beam takes its first steps
The Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) project, an accelerator research experiment for a major component of a future neutrino factory, has achieved an important milestone with the successful tr...
Read article 'WMAP 5-year results reveal neutrinos and tighten inflation'
WMAP 5-year results reveal neutrinos and tighten inflation
After five years observing the oldest light in the universe, NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is refining our understanding of the universe. It finds evidence for cosmic neutri...
