Read article 'The case of the missing neutron stars'
The case of the missing neutron stars
Certain heavy stars at the end of their lives collapse in the most violent explosions known in the universe supernovae.
Read article 'The case of the missing neutron stars'
Read article 'Physicists enjoy the CERN School of Computing'
Physicists enjoy the CERN School of Computing
The annual CERN School of Computing displays the continual close symbiosis between computing and physics.
Read article 'Are neutrinos seasonal?'
Are neutrinos seasonal?
The Sun could be surrounded by a flat disc of neutrinos more than a billion times denser than the neutrino cloud permeating the rest of the universe.
Read article 'RHIC Mock Data Challenge successfully completed at Brookhaven'
RHIC Mock Data Challenge successfully completed at Brookhaven
With Brookhaven's RHIC relativistic heavy-ion collider scheduled to be commissioned this year, preparations for its experimental programme gather momentum.
Read article 'Supernova testbed'
Supernova testbed
A nearby active galaxy reveals a unique population of exploding stars. Astronomers at the UK’s Jodrell Bank radio astronomy laboratory have observed over 50 supernova remnants in the galaxy M82....
Read article 'Astrowatch'
Astrowatch
The furthest quasar Astronomers at the Sloan Digital Survey have broken the record for the most distant quasar ever observed. Quasars quasi-stellar objects are no larger than our solar s...
Read article 'SLAC B-Factory makes progress'
SLAC B-Factory makes progress
After achieving its first electronpositron collisions this summer, the PEP-II B-Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was formally dedicated on 23 October.
Read article 'Brookhaven completes magnet production'
Brookhaven completes magnet production
A recent celebration in the assembly area at Brookhaven's RHIC Magnet Facility marked the completion of magnet production for the laboratory's RHIC Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Read article 'NESTOR approved'
NESTOR approved
On 10 August, the Greek government formally approved the establishment of a national NESTOR Institute for Deep Sea Research, Technology and Neutrino Astroparticle Physics.
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.
