Read article 'HERA gets set to demonstrate its full potential'
HERA gets set to demonstrate its full potential
It has been a long and hard struggle to get HERA back into successful operation after a challenging upgrade in 2000 and 2001.
Read article 'HERA gets set to demonstrate its full potential'
Read article 'PHOENIX provides successful charge breeding at ISOLDE'
PHOENIX provides successful charge breeding at ISOLDE
A key development for the future of high-energy radioactive ion-beam facilities is the efficient and fast "charge-state breeding" from singly charged ions at low energies (10-60 keV).
Read article 'ATRAP catches speed of antihydrogen'
ATRAP catches speed of antihydrogen
This is an important step towards the goal of producing antihydrogen atoms cold enough – that is, slow enough – for precision spectroscopy.
Read article 'The hunt for Earth-sized exoplanets'
The hunt for Earth-sized exoplanets
The discoveries of three new extrasolar planets were recently announced within the space of a week. With masses around or less than 20 times that of the Earth, these new exoplanets are the lightest kn...
Read article 'BaBar finds direct CP violation in B decays'
BaBar finds direct CP violation in B decays
It is a classic example of the question to ask aliens from a distant galaxy to discover if they are made from what we on Earth define as matter or antimatter. Tell them to make neutral B mesons and an...
Read article 'ATLAS muon chambers leave Russia for CERN'
ATLAS muon chambers leave Russia for CERN
On 6 July the vehicle with the first nine of 84 muon chambers made at the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (JINR DLNP) for the ATLAS experiment left Building 5 of DLNP and set out on its long ...
Read article 'KamLAND narrows options for oscillations'
KamLAND narrows options for oscillations
The KamLAND collaboration has announced an improved measurement of the oscillation between the first two neutrino families based on a 766.3 tonne-year exposure to reactor antineutrinos.
Read article 'Free-electron laser achieves 10 kilowatts'
Free-electron laser achieves 10 kilowatts
The free-electron laser (FEL) located at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and supported by the Office of Naval Research achieved 10 kW of infrared laser lig...
Read article 'Indian detector stars at Brookhaven'
Indian detector stars at Brookhaven
A detector built by an Indian team has begun running this year in the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Read article 'EUROFEL and EUROTeV to receive EU support'
EUROFEL and EUROTeV to receive EU support
The European Commission has selected two projects that are coordinated by DESY for support within the EU's Sixth Framework Programme.
