Read article 'H-jet measures beam polarization at RHIC'
The RHIC accelerator collides 100 GeV polarized protons head-on to study the contribution of gluons to the proton spin. But how is the degree of polarization of the beam known? Willy Haeberli explain...
Read article 'Deep inside the proton'
The DIS 2005 workshop reviewed progress in deep inelastic scattering and quantum chromodynamics, and provided the chance to plan for the future, reports Wesley Smith.
Read article 'Symposium previews the future of hadron colliders'
The HCP2005 Symposium, held in the Swiss Alps, discussed the latest results from the Tevatron and the prospect that the LHC will open new scientific frontiers.
Read article 'Masterclass spreads the word for physics'
More than 3000 teenagers from across Europe spent a day working at the frontier of physics in the first European Masterclasses
Read article 'HELEN network unites Europe and Latin America'
Luciano Maiani describes the creation of the High Energy Physics Latin-American-European Network - HELEN - which aims to promote fundamental physics in Latin America through training the younger gener...
Read article 'Investigating the proton’s strange sea'
Several research groups are conducting experiments to determine the exact contributions of strange quarks in the quark-gluon "sea" to the proton's charge distribution and magnetization.
Read article 'Network boosts progress in therapy with light ions'
Le réseau ENLIGHT dynamise la thérapie par ions légers ENLIGHT, Réseau européen de recherche sur la thérapie par les ions légers, a récemment tenu sa derniè...
Read article 'Pomerons return to Blois'
Pomeron physics and QCD met once again at the XIth International Conference on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering: Towards High Energy Frontiers.
Read article 'George Placzek – an unsung hero of physics'
Jan Fischer describes the life and work of the Czech physicist, born in 1905, who made important contributions to nuclear physics in the 1930s-1940s.
Read article 'Conference brings Einstein to Tennessee'
This year's major accelerator conference covered impressive progress in the field, and featured events celebrating the World Year of Physics. Norbert Holtkamp reports.
