Read article 'Korean physics centre is inaugurated'
Korean physics centre is inaugurated
On 15 September, the Centre for High-Energy Physics (CHEP) in Korea was formally inaugurated at Kyungpook National University, Taegu.
Read article 'Korean physics centre is inaugurated'
Read article 'Diamonds are forever…'
Diamonds are forever…
At a graduation ceremony at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, technician Mik Rebak was awarded an honorary MSc for his ingenious work in engineering diamond targets in nuclear an...
Read article 'Charmed particles in Beijing'
Charmed particles in Beijing
The world's largest data sample of J/psi particles produced directly from electron-positron annihilation has been accumulated with the BESII spectrometer at the BEPC collider in Beijing.
Read article 'Physics as you lake it'
Physics as you lake it
At the end of August nearly 100 physicists met in Ambleside in England's beautiful Lake District for the Photon 2000 conference organized by Lancaster University.
Read article 'CAPP off at music and physics festival'
CAPP off at music and physics festival
Music and physics combined during the CAPP 2000.
Read article 'Remotest gamma burst seen'
Remotest gamma burst seen
A violent burst of gamma rays detected on 31 January has been pinpointed to a galaxy at a redshift of 4.5, making it the most remote such burst ever observed. Its brightness was enormous – 10 00...
Read article 'Final VLT telescope observes first light'
Final VLT telescope observes first light
This autumn saw a double milestone for the European Southern Observatories’ Very Large Telescope (VLT) interferometer at the Paranal observatory, Chile. The fourth and final 8.2 m telescope of t...
Read article 'Chandra shows Crab pulsar rings'
Chandra shows Crab pulsar rings
The Crab supernova remnant is the remains of a star seen to explode in 1054 AD. In the explosion, the outer layers of the star were blasted off, leaving a dense rotating neutron star, or pulsar, in th...
Read article 'Sugar in space'
Sugar in space
The prospects for life in the universe have just got sweeter with the first discovery of a simple sugar molecule in space. Glycolaldehyde can combine with other molecules to form the more complex suga...
Read article 'LEP gets a stay of Higgs execution'
LEP gets a stay of Higgs execution
With possible signs of the elusive Higgs particle on the horizon, on 14 September CERN decided to
extend the life of its flagship LEP electron-positron collider until 2 November 2000.
