Read article '…and Belle at KEKB, Japan'
…and Belle at KEKB, Japan
The Belle experiment at the KEKB asymmetric-energy electron-positron B-meson factory recently completed a successful first year of operation.
Read article '…and Belle at KEKB, Japan'
Read article 'LEP hints at Higgs effect'
LEP hints at Higgs effect
After commencing 2000 operations in fine style, CERN's flagship machine, the LEP electron-positron collider, has been regularly delivering experiments with beams of 103 GeV or more.
Read article 'CEBAF reaches 150% of its design energy'
CEBAF reaches 150% of its design energy
Jefferson Laboratory's CEBAF accelerator, which was originally designed to provide 4 GeV continuous-wave electron beams, has demonstrated 6 GeV continuous-wave operation.
Read article 'KEK laboratory demonstrates fixed-field synchrotron'
KEK laboratory demonstrates fixed-field synchrotron
The Japanese KEK laboratory has for the first time demonstrated an alternative method of accelerating protons to high energy - the fixed-field, alternating gradient (FFAG) synchrotron.
Read article 'Proton collaboration is under way in Japan'
Proton collaboration is under way in Japan
In Japan the KEK high-energy physics laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute are working together to finalize preparations for a major new high-intensity proton source, with applic...
Read article 'Energen has a winning plan'
Energen has a winning plan
Energen of Billerica, Massachusetts, has been selected as winner of the WPI Venture Forum's 7th Annual Business Plan Contest.
Read article 'Extreme cryogenics keeps LHC cool'
Extreme cryogenics keeps LHC cool
When it comes into operation in 2005, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, which will use thousands of superconducting magnets operating at superfluid helium temperatures, will also be the largest cryogeni...
Read article 'First test beams are delivered for the LHC'
First test beams are delivered for the LHC
The experiments being prepared for CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) received their first beams in May and preliminary results are expected soon.
Read article 'No stopping the accelerator'
No stopping the accelerator
The recent European Particle Accelerator Conference in Vienna underlined how far and wide particle accelerators have infiltrated into science and technology. Colin Johnson reports.
Read article 'RHIC begins smashing nuclei'
RHIC begins smashing nuclei
On Monday 12 June a new high-energy machine made its stage debut as operators in the main control room of Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) finally declared victory over their stu...
