Read article 'CP violation gets clearer'
CP violation gets clearer
New data from the KTeV experiment at Fermilab blow away some of the fog around the mystery of CP violation and underline the effects suggested by earlier results from CERN.
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Read article 'HERA strikes it RICHER'
HERA strikes it RICHER
The article "HERA strikes it RICH" in the November 1998 issue described the first rings seen in the Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) being commissioned for the HERA-B experiment at the HERA electronpro...
Read article 'Another way to get RICH'
Another way to get RICH
A prototype detector for the ALICE experiment at CERN's LHC collider will be installed in the STAR detector at Brookhaven's RHIC heavy ion collider, scheduled to come into action this year.
Read article 'Pakistan creates national centre for physics'
Pakistan creates national centre for physics
To promote research in physics and strengthen university capability in Pakistan, a National Centre for Physics has been established at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Read article 'Symmetry violation in a new setting'
Symmetry violation in a new setting
The CDF experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron protonantiproton collider has produced heroic new evidence for the violation of "CP" symmetry, a hypothetical operation which takes a particle into a mirro...
Read article 'Neutrons in time'
Neutrons in time
A new limit on the electric dipole moment of the neutron comes from an experiment using ultra-cold neutrons at the research reactor at the international Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.
Read article 'DEP and PSL sign distribution agreement'
DEP and PSL sign distribution agreement
Photodetector supplier Delft Electronic Products, now in its 30th year of manufacturing for the worldwide image intensifier market, has signed a distributor agreement with Photonic Science Ltd for t...
Read article 'CERN: Circular solution to the enigma of nucleon spin'
CERN: Circular solution to the enigma of nucleon spin
Over half the nucleon's spin is unaccounted for, but circularly-polarized photons could soon reveal where it is.
Read article 'ISAC produces first ion beam at TRIUMF'
ISAC produces first ion beam at TRIUMF
On 30 November 1998 the new ISAC facility at the Canadian TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver produced its first ion beam with short-lived exotic isotopes.
Read article 'Gas reveals secrets of universe evolution'
Gas reveals secrets of universe evolution
New observations using the ROSAT X-ray telescope endorse a “bottom-up” model of the evolution of the universe. Most ordinary matter in the universe is in the hot gas that makes up the inte...
