Read article 'Antiprotons spring surprises'
Antiprotons spring surprises
Experiments at CERN's low-energy antiproton ring (LEAR), closed in 1996, brought many very-high-precision and sometimes surprising antiproton results.
Read article 'Antiprotons spring surprises'
Read article 'Celebrating the centenary of a conscience'
Celebrating the centenary of a conscience
Wolfgang Pauli, the "conscience of physics" was born in Vienna on 25 April 1900.
Read article 'Youngest radio galaxies observed'
Youngest radio galaxies observed
A new class of baby radio galaxy has been discovered using very long baseline interferometry. The sources, dubbed compact symmetric objects, are the youngest radio galaxies ever observed – a mer...
Read article 'Magnetic fields point to high-energy rays'
Magnetic fields point to high-energy rays
New evidence for strong intergalactic magnetic fields may help to solve the mystery of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. These particles can reach energies of more than 1020 eV – 100 million times a...
Read article 'Large Magellanic Cloud X-ray signal lost in black hole'
Large Magellanic Cloud X-ray signal lost in black hole
Newton, the European Space Agency’s new X-ray observatory (April p11), was undergoing routine calibration, imaging a known, stable X-ray source in the Large Magellanic Clouds, when all of a sudd...
Read article 'LEP achieves record energy levels'
LEP achieves record energy levels
CERN's flagship accelerator, the 27 km Large Electron Positron collider (LEP), began its final year in fine style in April colliding beams at a record 104 GeV per beam, just three weeks after start-u...
Read article 'Canadian isotope source is to be upgraded'
Canadian isotope source is to be upgraded
The new Isotope Separator and Accelerator is now operational at the Canadian TRIUMF laboratory, producing intense beams of short-lived, exotic nuclei.
Read article 'Straight section on full current'
Straight section on full current
The first of 420 short straight sections for CERN's LHC collider to be put on test at CERN has been successfully ramped to full current.
Read article 'Jordan is first choice for SESAME synchrotron site'
Jordan is first choice for SESAME synchrotron site
In a meeting at CERN on 10-11 April, a restricted interim council of the SESAME project selected Jordan as its first choice by a large majority and Armenia as its second choice.
Read article 'New prospects for the Dubna Nuclotron'
New prospects for the Dubna Nuclotron
A new beam-extraction system considerably extends the capabilities of the unique Nuclotron accelerator at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna near Moscow.
