Read article 'BEPC stops running and begins major upgrade programme'
With the blow of a whistle at 8 a.m. on 30 April, the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) finished running and the installation of its major upgrade, BEPCII, began.
Read article 'Canadian lab proposes new five-year plan'
Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, TRIUMF, has proposed a new five-year plan to take it through to the end of the decade.
Read article 'SweGrid gets set for future challenges'
SweGrid, the first national Grid test-bed in Sweden, was inaugurated on 18 March in Uppsala.
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...
