Read article 'More light on the Cherenkov effect'
More light on the Cherenkov effect
Cherenkov radiation is one of the main techniques for particle identification, but details of the underlying theory are still under debate.
Read article 'More light on the Cherenkov effect'
Read article 'Web tool LIGHTs up code'
Web tool LIGHTs up code
CERN's Information and Programming Technology group has exploited the World Wide Web to make it easier to keep track of masses of computer code.
Read article 'Explosion forces rethink on stellar collapse'
Explosion forces rethink on stellar collapse
An exceptionally powerful explosion in a nearby galaxy has led astronomers to re-examine their theories of stellar evolution. What is more, the explosion was co-incident with a burst of gamma rays, pr...
Read article 'Astrowatch'
Astrowatch
Infrared reveals early universe Observations using the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) show that the first galaxies to form were far brighter than astronomers thought. The results were presented at a...
Read article 'Beauty is in the eye of the LHC beholder'
Beauty is in the eye of the LHC beholder
The LHCb experiment has been formally approved for CERN's LHC collider.
Read article 'Final magnet installed at Fermilab'
Final magnet installed at Fermilab
On 24 September, US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson put the finishing touches to the installation of the 366th and final 20-ton dipole magnet to steer the beams in Fermilab's new 150 GeV, 2.25 mile...
Read article 'Cosmic mystery'
Cosmic mystery
A recent paper by Glennys Farrar of Rutgers and Peter Biermann of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn suggests interesting possibilities for the orbits of cosmic particles.
Read article 'Marsters of science'
Marsters of science
Two recent talks at CERN focused on the problems of a voyage to Mars, where novel propulsion techniques are called for to overcome the logistical problems of otherwise having to construct huge space ...
Read article 'CERNAsia Fellows and Associates Programme'
CERNAsia Fellows and Associates Programme
Within the framework of the CERNAsia Fellows and Associates Programme, CERN offers three grants every year to young East, Southeast and South Asia postgraduates under 33, to participate in its sc...
Read article 'Work on triangle anomaly wins Dirac Medal'
Work on triangle anomaly wins Dirac Medal
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste has awarded its Dirac Medal this year to Stephen Adler of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study and Roman Jackiw of MI...
