Read article 'Big Science, bigger outreach'
Today the scientific community and the relevant authorities on scientific policies share a general consensus on the importance of conveying to society the main results and general consequences of rese...
Read article 'The age of citizen cyberscience'
I first met Rytis Slatkevicius in 2006, when he was 18. At the time, he had assembled the world's largest database of prime numbers.
Read article 'SRF technology comes full circle'
Nearly a half-century ago, researchers at Stanford University began investigating superconducting RF (SRF) acceleration.
Read article 'Will the LHC surprise us?'
Having failed to find any completely unexpected new physics for more than 30 years, we clearly need nature's help to progress, and the case is good.
Read article 'Will the LHC reveal the unexpected?'
This autumn, commissioning should be in full swing on the LHC at CERN, the world’s largest laboratory for the study of subnuclear physics.
Read article 'A vision for the future of CERN'
CERN is a de facto global laboratory, with the LHC set to be the centre of particle-physics research for a decade or more, and comprises the largest scientific user community in the world.
Read article 'An Indian dream come true'
India’s accelerator pioneers began to build the Calcutta cyclotron in the early 1970s but soon found that the industrial infrastructure was not geared up to provide the necessary level of technology...
Read article 'Why particle physics needs stability'
A premature end to SLAC's B-factory, a stop to UK investment in the International Linear Collider (ILC) project and more than 300 lay-offs at Fermilab and SLAC – 2007 ended on a bad note.
Read article 'Theory in the computer age'
Some years ago, it was customary to divide work in the exact sciences of physics, chemistry and biology into three categories: experimental, theoretical and computational.
Read article 'A new challenge for particle physics'
TRIUMF's new director Nigel Lockyer looks to the future of co-operation in particle physics, and Canada's role in this increasingly global adventure.
