Read article '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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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 ...
Read article 'Rewards for optics in theory and practice'
The 2005 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists working in the field of optics, in recognition of past advances in the understanding of light as well as the present-day potential ...
Read article 'Barish presents plans for the ILC'
The schedule of the Global Design Effort (GDE) for the future International Linear Collider (ILC) was an important topic at the meeting in September of CERN's Scientific Policy Committee.
