Read article 'Berkeley Lab: evolving for the future'
Originally an accelerator laboratory, LBNL now covers a broad range of fields. Deputy director Pier Oddone outlines the vibrancy of the multidisciplinary approach.
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'
It's about time particle physics laboratories collaborated in their communication, says Judy Jackson.
Read article 'Globalization, collaboration and trust'
Big science needs its own brand of globalization, argues chairman of the DESY directorate, Albrecht Wagner.
Read article 'Changing the culture of big science'
As scientific facilities become larger and more costly, so the management challenge grows. CERN director-general Luciano Maiani says that lessons learned from the LHC cost overrun will ultimately bene...
Read article 'Accelerator science needs more brain power'
Although the application of accelerators to science grew in the early 20th century, Maury Tigner says that further technical advances depend on greater intellectual input.
Read article 'The internationalism of science as an ideal'
While international collaboration has become the backbone of Big Science, national undercurrents could erode these achievements. Thomas Walcher looks at some of the potential problems for physics jo...
