Read article 'KEK achieves first operation of crab cavities'
A team of accelerator physicists at KEK has achieved effective head-on collisions of electrons and positrons while retaining the crossing angle. They accomplished this at the KEKB collider using new d...
Read article 'NSCL discovers the heaviest known silicon isotope to date'
Researchers at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have produced the heaviest silicon isotope ever observed.
Read article 'ATLAS toroid endcaps and LHCb beam pipe take their final steps'
In the early hours of 13 June, the first of the two gigantic toroid magnet endcaps touched the ATLAS cavern floor.
Read article 'First LHC sector and inner triplets pass the latest tests'
On 13 July, an inner triplet assembly of quadrupole magnets successfully completed a pressure test in the LHC tunnel, after installation of metal cartridges to reinforce internal support structures t...
Read article 'Hubble detects ring of dark matter'
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that formed during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. Because ordinary matter in the cl...
Read article 'German particle physics gets funding boost'
Physicists in Germany will soon be able to strengthen their role in the international quest to understand the fundamental laws of nature.
Read article 'AGILE takes its place in orbit'
On 23 April, the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the Italian astronomical satellite, AGILE, into orbit from the Sriharikota base in Chennai-Madras.
Read article 'Borexino begins data taking at Gran Sasso'
The Borexino detector is now fully operational at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso.
Read article 'VIRGO opens up new astronomy'
On 18 May, the Virgo laser interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves started its first science run at the European Gravitational Observatory, Pisa, marking a step forward towards a new ...
Read article 'DØ and CDF find same new baryon'
After several years of independently gathering and analyzing data at Fermilab’s Tevatron, the DØ and CDF collaborations have reported the observation of the same new baryon within days of each othe...
