Read article 'ISOLDE goes on the trail of superlatives'
The superlarge nuclei studied at CERN's ISOLDE facility can now vie for attention with the superdeformed and the superheavy, as David Lunney explains.
Read article 'Space goes quantum at Stony Brook'
Does a melting crystal provide the key to developing a quantum description of gravity? Advances at the first Simons Workshop point to a connection.
Read article 'ASACUSA enters a new world of precision'
The antiproton may soon be better known than the proton, and an ion that is more hydrogen-like than hydrogen may become the subject of high-precision laser spectroscopy experiments. John Eades describ...
Read article 'The W and Z particles: a personal recollection'
Pierre Darriulat, who was spokesperson for the UA2 collaboration between 1978 and 1985, looks back at the events surrounding the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN in 1983.
Read article 'Bringing the heavens down to Earth'
Recent developments and discoveries in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology are creating an increasing synergy between astroparticle physics and particle physics at accelerators, as Nikolaos M...
Read article 'Highlights of SIGHAD03'
The SIGHAD03 workshop in Pisa considered the challenges presented by different sources of low-energy hadronic cross-section data.
Read article 'Perspectives for nuclear-physics research in Europe'
The Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee's recently published long-range plan looks forward to an exciting future with new facilities and challenging research.
Read article 'Quark Matter brings heavy ions to Oakland'
The Quark Matter 2004 conference, held in Oakland, California, in January, provided participants with evidence for the elusive quark-gluon plasma. Spencer Klein and Joakim Nystrand describe the highli...
Read article 'The challenge of the pentaquarks'
Volker Burkert reports on Pentaquark 2003, the first topical workshop on exotic baryons, which was held at Jefferson Lab in November.
Read article 'Gigabits, the Grid and the Guinness Book of Records'
High-speed networking over the Internet is becoming increasingly important as CERN and other laboratories around the world gear up for the Grid. Olivier Martin takes a look at the evolution towards CE...
