Read article '40 MHz ball reveals sticky fingers'
40 MHz ball reveals sticky fingers
The LHC, with its "two in one" magnet structure cooled by superfluid helium for operation at 1.9 K, is its own prototype.
Read article '40 MHz ball reveals sticky fingers'
Read article 'WMAP’s cold spot shows giant void in space'
WMAP’s cold spot shows giant void in space
An enormous void, nearly a thousand million light-years across, seems to be at the origin of a cold spot that the Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) has found in the cosmic microwave backgrou...
Read article 'Fast fragmentation produces double firsts for exotic nuclei'
Fast fragmentation produces double firsts for exotic nuclei
Studies of transition rates between excited states and ground states in these nuclei provide important information to test shell-model predictions.
Read article 'The LOFAR radio telescope detects its first pulsar'
The LOFAR radio telescope detects its first pulsar
Using its first station of distributed radio antennas, the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope has successfully detected the pulsar PSR B0329+54.
Read article 'Major milestone for ‘mighty magnet’ as it goes the distance'
Major milestone for ‘mighty magnet’ as it goes the distance
The LHC is not yet up and running, but already physicists and engineers in Europe, Japan and the US are working towards upgrades for the machine.
Read article 'RHIC glimpses process that could limit LHC'
RHIC glimpses process that could limit LHC
Brookhaven National Laboratory have provided the first observations at a particle collider of bound-free pair production.
Read article 'IHEP and CERN collaborate well on beam-loss monitors'
IHEP and CERN collaborate well on beam-loss monitors
The LHC beam-loss monitoring (BLM) system is the key to protecting the machine against dangerous beam "losses" of this kind.
Read article 'First phase of BEPCII complete'
First phase of BEPCII complete
The first phase of commissioning BEPCII, the major upgrade of the Beijing Electron–Positron Collider (BEPC) came to a successful conclusion on 3 August, when the beam current reached 500 mA at 1.8...
Read article 'Black holes appear to play a role in the evolution of the universe'
Black holes appear to play a role in the evolution of the universe
Are black holes just a curiosity of nature or do they play a role in the formation and shaping of galaxies? The results of the most accomplished simulation to date show that the evolution of galaxies ...
Read article 'Europe’s astroparticle physicists publish roadmap to the stars'
Europe’s astroparticle physicists publish roadmap to the stars
The Astroparticle Physics European Coordination (ApPEC) consortium and the AStroParticle European Research Area (ASPERA) network have together published a roadmap giving an overview of the status and ...
