Read article 'In a spin at Brookhaven'
In a spin at Brookhaven
The mysterious quantity that is spin took centre stage at Brookhaven for the SPIN2002 meeting last September. Yousef Makdisi and Thomas Roser report.
Read article 'In a spin at Brookhaven'
Read article 'CERN summer experience benefits US students'
CERN summer experience benefits US students
Northeastern University's programme of research experience for US undergraduates at CERN is five years old. Suzanne Harvey takes a look at its impact.
Read article 'Accelerator conference showcases diversity'
Accelerator conference showcases diversity
This year's European Particle Accelerator Conference, held in Paris, highlighted the growing diversity of particle accelerator technology. Francesco Ruggiero and Leonid Rivkin report.
Read article 'Memories of a Nobel laureate'
Memories of a Nobel laureate
Raymond Davis Jr looks back over the career that led to a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Read article 'Multiparticle dynamics goes to Crimea'
Multiparticle dynamics goes to Crimea
The 32nd International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics was held on 7-13 September in Alushta, Ukraine. Since the first symposium in Paris 30 years ago, these meetings have covered the problems of ...
Read article 'LBNL delivers front end of SNS'
LBNL delivers front end of SNS
After four years of construction, the linear accelerator injector that will form the front end of the US SNS has been commissioned at LBNL. Fulfilling all its major design requirements and performing ...
Read article 'Researchers observe two-proton radioactivity'
Researchers observe two-proton radioactivity
Teams from France, Germany and Poland have recently observed two-proton radioactive decay from iron-45 nuclei. Bertram Blank explains how this opens up exciting new research avenues in nuclear physics...
Read article 'High-energy conference highlights precision results'
High-energy conference highlights precision results
This year's Rochester International Conference on High Energy Physics, held in Amsterdam, provided a showcase for precision results, and pointed the way forward for particle physics at future faciliti...
Read article 'Neutrino discoveries lead to precision measurements'
Neutrino discoveries lead to precision measurements
The science of neutrino physics has reached a watershed, with discovery giving way to precision measurements. Michael Altmann reports from the XXth International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Ast...
Read article 'Physicists and the decision to drop the bomb'
Physicists and the decision to drop the bomb
The tide of the Second World War turned in the Allies’ favour in 1943. In January the siege of Leningrad ended, and in February the Germans surrendered at Stalingrad and were in retreat before t...
