Read article 'Neutral currents'
Leon Lederman, former director of Fermilab, once described the development of particle physics as frequently a story of false trails, crossed wires, sloppy techniques, misconceptions and misunderstand...
Read article 'When CERN saw the end of the alphabet'
The W and Z particles were first observed at CERN 20 years ago by the UA1 and UA2 experiments. Daniel Denegri, who worked with UA1, recollects the spirit of discovery at the time.
Read article 'Workshops focus on photon-hadron collisions'
As well as taking proton-proton and heavy-ion physics into a new energy regime, CERN's LHC will produce the world's highest-energy photon-hadron interactions, providing a powerful fundamental physics ...
Read article 'Mad about physics in Antananarivo'
The Malagasy capital of Antananarivo welcomed HEP-MAD '01, Madagascar's first conference on high-energy physics, at the end of September last year
Read article 'Experiment reveals neutrino surprise'
The measurements gave a value for an electroweak parameter that was three standard deviations higher than predicted by the Standard Model.
Read article 'Fermilab launches Run II of Tevatron'
After detecting hints of the long-awaited Higgs particle, CERN's LEP electron-positron collider closed at the end of 2000 and is now being dismantled. The search for the Higgs - the missing link in ...
Read article 'Spectrometry provides precision for the masses'
Extremely accurate experiments can be conducted when particles and nuclei are delicately guided using electric and magnetic fields. A recent conference surveyed the range of such research under way ...
Read article 'Season of Higgs and melodrama'
CERN's LEP electron-positron collider closed last year after a tantalizing and controversial finish, which revealed hints of the long-awaited Higgs particle - the missing link in today's picture of p...
Read article 'LEP reaps a final harvest'
CERN's LEP electron-positron collider stubbornly refused to lie down quietly in 2000.
Read article 'Physics as you lake it'
At the end of August nearly 100 physicists met in Ambleside in England's beautiful Lake District for the Photon 2000 conference organized by Lancaster University.
