Read article 'The road ahead'
The road ahead
In this article, CERN director-general Luciano Maiani explains why CERN's commitment to building the LHC collider overcame all pressures to prolong running the LEP electron-positron machine.
Read article 'The road ahead'
Read article 'Riken-RAL notch up another decade'
Riken-RAL notch up another decade
The 10 year collaboration between RIKEN, the Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, and the UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to create an intense muon source has been renewed for ano...
Read article 'Korean physics centre is inaugurated'
Korean physics centre is inaugurated
On 15 September, the Centre for High-Energy Physics (CHEP) in Korea was formally inaugurated at Kyungpook National University, Taegu.
Read article 'SOLEIL is set to rise'
SOLEIL is set to rise
On 11 September, French Minister of Research and Technology Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg announced the decision to build the SOLEIL third-generation synchrotron radiation source near Paris.
Read article 'Boost for Andean cosmic ray laboratory'
Boost for Andean cosmic ray laboratory
New support for the Chacaltaya Cosmic Ray Research Laboratory, on Mount Chacaltaya near La Paz, Bolivia, underlines its relevance for cosmic ray research.
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 'UK phenomenology centre is created'
UK phenomenology centre is created
After several months of negotiations, the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has announced the establishment of an Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at Durham University.
Read article 'CERN and Pakistan strengthen agreement'
CERN and Pakistan strengthen agreement
Signed in Islamabad in May was an addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between CERN and Pakistan, covering increased Pakistani involvement in the CMS experiment for CERN's LHC collider.
Read article 'Czech physics scene is growing'
Czech physics scene is growing
Particle physics in the Czech Republic is maturing fast.
Read article 'Accelerators to span the globe'
Accelerators to span the globe
International collaboration has always played a major role in particle physics experiments. Could this also be applied to the accelerators themselves? Here, Albrecht Wagner,chairman of the directora...
