Read article 'Protons and neutrons certainly prefer each other’s company'
Researchers at the Jefferson Lab have found that neutron–proton pairs in the ground state carbon-12 nucleus are far more common than proton–proton pairs and neutron–neutron pairs.
Read article 'GLAST in orbit to explore extreme universe'
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) was launched by NASA on 11 June from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read article '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 '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'
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'
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'
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 laboratory receives award from the Canadian government.
Read article '…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…'
The LHCb team has for the first time measured cosmic rays passing through three of the experiment’s subdetectors simultaneously, selected by muon triggers.
