Read article 'High vacuum'
High vacuum
While the 27 km tunnel for the LEP electron–positron collider at CERN was being prepared, the Courier described non-evaporable getters used for its vacuum system.
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Read article 'Cosmology comes of age'
Cosmology comes of age
The easy part is over experimental cosmology has now reached adulthood. That was the message that emerged from a workshop on cosmology and particle physics held at CERN this summer.
Read article 'How Borexino will stare at the Sun'
How Borexino will stare at the Sun
A new ultra-sensitive experiment to detect solar neutrinos is being built underground in Italy
Read article 'Nuclei as secret agents'
Nuclei as secret agents
Experiments with CERN's on-line isotope separator (ISOLDE) have led to a novel way to probe the interface between magnetic and non-magnetic ultra-thin layers.
Read article 'Niels Bohr and the 20th century'
Niels Bohr and the 20th century
The international "Niels Bohr and the Evolution of Physics in the 20th Century" meeting earlier this year provided the opportunity to reassess the evolutional impact of Bohr's "Lebenswerk".
Read article 'Precision beams for hadron therapy'
Precision beams for hadron therapy
Increased life expectancy goes hand in hand with support from science. At present, about one in three of us will have an encounter with cancer and, in developed countries, about one in eight will have...
Read article 'LEP helps fill CKM matrix'
LEP helps fill CKM matrix
New evidence from CERN's Large ElectronPositron collider (LEP) sheds more light on the way quarks can transform.
Read article 'QED: surviving the bad press'
QED: surviving the bad press
"How in the world can you make any money out of a theory like this?" asked Steven Weinberg. But quantum electrodynamics has proven a robust theory, and researchers are still pushing at its frontiers ...
Read article 'SLC perched on a high'
SLC perched on a high
The Stanford Linear Collider has generated its last Z particle unless the US government provides more money. But it crowned its act with a flourish.
Read article 'A hundred years ago…'
A hundred years ago…
In 1895, a chance discovery by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen changed the face of science. It was the dawn of a new branch of physics the investigation of subatomic phenomena. Following the centenar...
