Read article 'HERA hits record annual luminosity'
HERA hits record annual luminosity
In its 2005 run, DESY's HERA collider achieved the largest integrated luminosity it has ever produced in one year.
Read article 'HERA hits record annual luminosity'
Read article 'Auger observatory celebrates progress'
Auger observatory celebrates progress
On 10 November, the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) began a major two-day celebration at its headquarters in Malargüe, Argentina, to mark the progress of the observatory and the presentation of the fi...
Read article 'INTEGRAL reveals Milky Ways’ supernova rate'
INTEGRAL reveals Milky Ways’ supernova rate
One supernova explosion every 50 years in our galaxy: that is the rate that a European team has determined from the observations of ESA's INTEGRAL gamma-ray satellite. This figure is based on the amo...
Read article 'Homestake poised to become a goldmine for scientific research'
Homestake poised to become a goldmine for scientific research
A new frontier in experimental science was crossed in October when the state of South Dakota committed $20 million to pave the way for its acquisition and conversion of the Homestake Mine into a multi...
Read article 'NSRRC operates in top-up mode'
NSRRC operates in top-up mode
On 12 October the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan, became the fourth synchrotron facility in the world to operate fully in top-up mode, joining the Swiss Light Source (S...
Read article 'SNS reaches major milestone on journey to completion next June'
SNS reaches major milestone on journey to completion next June
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has met a crucial milestone on its way to completion in June 2006 - operation of th...
Read article 'LEIR gets ions on course for the LHC'
LEIR gets ions on course for the LHC
On 10 October, at the very first attempt, a beam travelled round the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) at CERN. LEIR is a central part of the injector chain to supply lead ions to the Large Hadron Collider (...
Read article 'Spitzer sees light from the very first stars'
Spitzer sees light from the very first stars
Deep observations with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed infrared background anisotropies that can be attributed to emission from the very first stars in the universe. The diffuse glo...
Read article 'LHC project passes several milestones'
LHC project passes several milestones
Progress on the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has passed several important milestones in recent weeks.
Read article 'Silicon trackers begin to take shape for CMS and ATLAS'
Silicon trackers begin to take shape for CMS and ATLAS
Over the past few months the silicon microstrip tracker of the CMS experiment has been making steady, and rapid, progress towards meeting its next major target - installation of the complete detector ...
