Read article 'Science, technology and the Third World'
Abdus Salam believed that the gap between rich and poor nations is one of science and technology. His former student Riazuddin describes efforts to bridge that gap.
Read article 'Understanding the physics of the universe'
This is a great time to be an astrophysicist. Over the past 30 years, almost all of the roughly 70 octaves of the electromagnetic spectrum accessible for study have been opened up. Telescopes using ne...
Read article 'From research at CERN to working in space'
In June 1990, while I was a Fellow at CERN in experimental particle physics, a friend told me that the European Space Agency (ESA) was recruiting new astronauts. Although I loved (and still love!) the...
Read article 'LHC and the Grid: the great challenge'
“May you live in interesting times,” says the old Chinese proverb, and we surely do. We are at a time in history when many fundamental notions about science are changing rapidly and profou...
Read article 'Berkeley Lab: evolving for the future'
Would E O Lawrence recognize his laboratory today? Founded in 1931 by the University of California as a venue for Lawrence’s successive generations of ever-larger cyclotrons, today’s Lawre...
Read article 'Accelerators for nano- and biosciences'
Practical, affordable yet unique and exciting new accelerator facilities could advance vital research capabilities for nano- and bioscience, says Swapan Chattopadhyay.
Read article 'Particle physics: a world without borders'
Belorussian, Catalan, Taiwanese, Afrikaans, Japanese, Persian, Russian, Mandarin, Hebrew, Italian, Tagalog, Croatian, Malayalam, Serbian, German, Korean, Swedish, Cantonese, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian,...
Read article 'Globalization, collaboration and trust'
Industry pushes economic globalization to strengthen its market position. The process is driven by the need and desire to increase efficiency and reduce costs, but also by the wish to make the best us...
Read article 'Changing the culture of big science'
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is without a doubt the most technologically challenging project that CERN has ever embarked upon. It is also the most costly, and it was approved under the strictest fi...
Read article 'Accelerator science needs more brain power'
Galileo’s remark, “measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so”, says it all with respect to contemporary quantitative science. He gives pride of place not only to...
