Read article 'Russian neutron complex looks to future research programme'
The future possibilities for research at the neutron complex of the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) was the topic of a workshop that took place in Moscow ...
Read article 'Closest view of active galactic nucleus'
Observations with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the ESO Paranal Observatory in Chile are for the first time providing a clear picture of the immediate surroundings of the black hol...
Read article 'Final beam for Orsay’s accelerator'
The linear accelerator that gave "LAL" at Orsay its name has delivered its last beam, but the laboratory's involvement with electron linacs remains as strong as ever.
Read article 'Has HERA found a charmed pentaquark?'
The H1 experiment studying electron-proton collisions at DESY's HERA accelerator may have discovered a new five-quark particle.
Read article 'New protocol accords CERN wider international status'
CERN's member states have adopted a new protocol on the privileges and immunities of the organization.
Read article 'Experiment catches third glimpse of ‘one in ten billion’ decay'
The E949 collaboration at the Brookhaven National Laboratory has reported further evidence for a very rare kaon decay.
Read article 'Electrons give BaBar a ‘trickle treat’'
The PEP-II accelerator at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) reached a new milestone on 11 March by phasing in “trickle injection”, a mode of operation that increases the produc...
Read article 'Workshop looks to the future of QCD'
While quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is considered to be the theory of strong interactions, it is very difficult to use it to make predictions of processes over distances of the order of the size of had...
Read article 'WestGrid team announces completion of computing network in western Canada'
Scientists leading the WestGrid project in Canada have announced that the major resources of this $48 million project are available for general use by the research community.
Read article 'VLT detects farthest known galaxy'
The discovery of a galaxy at a redshift of 10.0 smashes the record for the most distant object known in the universe. The detection of this very faint galaxy was made possible by combining the amplifi...
