Read article 'CMS: a super solenoid is ready for business'
In the spring of 2007 the powerful superconducting solenoid for the CMS experiment had passed its commissioning tests with flying colours and was ready for routine operation.
Read article 'The EEE Project: big science goes to school'
Antonino Zichichi tells Bob Swarup about his initiative to bring frontier research in physics into the heart of Italian schools and to encourage the next generation of physicists.
Read article 'Axions create excitement and doubt at Princeton'
A workshop at the Institute for Advanced Study paid much attention to a small-scale experiment that might have found the first direct indication of a new particle.
Read article 'CMS collaboration takes on a cosmic challenge'
During two periods in summer and autumn 2006, the CMS collaboration took advantage of the near-complete assembly of the detector above ground to test its performance with cosmic rays, from support sys...
Read article 'PSI pixels spin off into research with X-rays'
The countdown to the LHC start-up has begun, but even before the first protons have collided, pixel detectors designed for the CMS experiment are being used in other areas.
Read article 'LUMI’06 takes strides towards LHC upgrade'
The LUMI'06 workshop, which took place in Valencia, brought together experts from Europe, Japan and the US to review scenarios for increasing the LHC's luminosity.
Read article 'String theory meets heavy ions in Shanghai'
The latest experimental results from the heavy-ion programmes at RHIC and CERN's SPS were the focus of attention at QM2006 in Shanghai. For the first time there were discussions about attempts to conn...
Read article 'Recent ISOLDE results revisit parity violation'
Results from a recent measurement at CERN's ISOLDE facility are a tribute to the announcement 50 years ago of the first observation of the non-conservation of parity.
Read article 'SN1987A heralds the start of neutrino astronomy'
In 1987, detectors recorded a neutrino pulse emitted by SN1987A. Masayuki Nakahata, who found the signal in Kamiokande, looks at the ongoing legacy of this historic event.
Read article 'Quadripôles: un transfert réussi vers l’industrie'
Le dernier quadripôle principal pour le LHC a été livré au CERN.
