Read article 'Lead ions knock at the LHC’s door'
Lead ions knock at the LHC’s door
There was jubilation in the CERN Control Centre late in the afternoon on 12 November.
Read article 'Lead ions knock at the LHC’s door'
Read article 'Belle Collaboration discovers new meson'
Belle Collaboration discovers new meson
The Belle collaboration at KEK has recently announced the discovery of an exotic new particle with non-zero electric charge. This particle, which the researchers have named the Z(4430), does not fit i...
Read article 'CERN installs giant CMS tracking detector'
CERN installs giant CMS tracking detector
The world's largest silicon tracking detector is now in its final location in the CMS detector at CERN.
Read article 'UK and US announce budget bombshells for particle physics'
UK and US announce budget bombshells for particle physics
Within one week in December 2007, particle physicists in the UK and the US received unexpectedly bad budget news, which rocked the two communities.
Read article '…and looks to the LHC start-up and beyond'
…and looks to the LHC start-up and beyond
CERN director-general Robert Aymar, in his end-of-year status account to Council, reported on a year of progress at the LHC, which is due to start operation in the summer.
Read article 'Council appoints Rolf-Dieter Heuer as CERN’s next director-general…'
Council appoints Rolf-Dieter Heuer as CERN’s next director-general…
On 14 December, at its 145th meeting, CERN Council appointed Rolf-Dieter Heuer to succeed Robert Aymar as CERN's director-general.
Read article 'When white dwarfs collide…'
When white dwarfs collide…
A peculiar supernova discovered last year could be the first that is known to have originated from the coalescence of two white dwarfs. These compact stars orbiting each other slowly spiralled inward ...
Read article 'J-PARC accelerates protons to 3GeV'
J-PARC accelerates protons to 3GeV
On 31 October a team at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) accelerated a proton beam to the design energy of 3 GeV in the new Rapid-Cycling Synchrotron (RCS).
Read article 'OPERA takes first photographs'
OPERA takes first photographs
The first neutrino event of the 2007 run of the CERN Neutrinos Gran Sasso (CNGS) facility was recorded on 2 October, when one of the many millions of neutrinos in the beam from CERN interacted in the...
Read article 'Second LHC transfer line passes beam test with flying colours'
Second LHC transfer line passes beam test with flying colours
Three years after the initial commissioning of the SPS-to-LHC transfer line, TI 8, the second transfer line, TI 2, has passed its first test with beam.
