Read article 'Globalization, collaboration and trust'
Globalization, collaboration and trust
Big science needs its own brand of globalization, argues chairman of the DESY directorate, Albrecht Wagner.
Read article 'Globalization, collaboration and trust'
Read article 'Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland'
Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland
An update on particle physics and closely related topics in Switzerland was presented at the University of Zurich in March to a subpanel of the European Committee for Future Accelerators, RECFA.
Read article 'Changing the culture of big science'
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 'CERN prepares to focus on the LHC'
CERN prepares to focus on the LHC
At the March meetings of CERN's governing body, Council, the laboratory's management presented preliminary ideas for absorbing the cost overrun for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project identified l...
Read article 'US nuclear scientists chart a new course'
US nuclear scientists chart a new course
More than a year after being asked to study the opportunities and priorities for US nuclear physics research in the coming decade, the Department of Energy/National Science Foundation Nuclear Science ...
Read article 'ICFA sets up international committee for linear collider project'
ICFA sets up international committee for linear collider project
At a meeting held in February at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) announced that an international steering committee would be set up t...
Read article 'How CERN became popular with US physicists'
How CERN became popular with US physicists
In last month's issue we traced the history of CERN-US collaboration from its post-war beginnings to the advent of proton collider physics in the 1970s. Here Gordon Fraser continues the story to the p...
Read article 'Science knows no boundaries'
Science knows no boundaries
Physics provides a stage for international collaboration. At the opening of a recent exhibition at the Russian Duma, presented by CERN and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, CERN adviser for ...
Read article 'CERN reacts to increased LHC costs'
CERN reacts to increased LHC costs
At its December meeting, CERN's governing Council decided on new measures to react to the increased costs that emerged last year for its future Large Hadron Collider.
Read article 'Subpanel recommends a collision course'
Subpanel recommends a collision course
This facility is the next major step in the field and should be designed, built and operated as a fully international effort.
