Read article 'Last LHC magnets from Siberia reach CERN'
Last LHC magnets from Siberia reach CERN
The delivery of Russian magnets to equip transfer lines to feed CERN's new LHC collider is now complete.
Read article 'Last LHC magnets from Siberia reach CERN'
Read article 'Latin-American school marks start of a new collaboration for CERN'
Latin-American school marks start of a new collaboration for CERN
The first school of high-energy physics organized jointly by CERN and CLAF (Centro latinoamericano de física), Rio de Janeiro was held in Itacuruçá, Brazil on 6-19 May and it hopefully marked the o...
Read article 'Crystals put spin on particle beam action'
Crystals put spin on particle beam action
New investigations being made into the behaviour of charged particle beams as they pass through crystals suggest that the very high electric fields inside these crystals could be used to orient the sp...
Read article 'CP violation is measured precisely'
CP violation is measured precisely
The problem of obtaining a precise measurement of one of the most elusive effects in particle physics has finally been overcome.
Read article 'Proposed SPL machine could help provide neutrino beams'
Proposed SPL machine could help provide neutrino beams
The imaginations of physicists all over the world have been fired by the quest for new schemes for making intense beams of neutrinos.
Read article 'Neutron Time of Flight facility takes off smoothly at CERN'
Neutron Time of Flight facility takes off smoothly at CERN
There was a new arrival among CERN's family of particle beams when the laboratory's first intense beam of neutrons was produced at the new neutron Time Of Flight facility.
Read article 'ISOLDE tests the Standard Model'
ISOLDE tests the Standard Model
Tests of the Standard Model of particle physics are largely the domain of high-energy particle accelerators.
Read article 'KEK prize encourages innovation'
KEK prize encourages innovation
The KEK high-energy physics laboratory in Japan has established a new prize – the KEK Technology prize – to encourage its engineers to tackle technical challenges. The first winners were...
Read article 'Promoting science in south-east Europe'
Promoting science in south-east Europe
On 13-14 May, CERN hosted a meeting for a taskforce aiming to develop a set of recommendations for the reconstruction of scientific collaboration with the countries of south-east Europe.
Read article 'Plasma-gas refraction improves on crystals'
Plasma-gas refraction improves on crystals
Experiments using a high-energy electron beam at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have shown the way in which such a beam can be bent as it crosses the boundary between a plasma and a gas.
