Read article 'LHC: countdown to beam begins'
As the cool-down phase of commissioning the LHC came towards a successful conclusion at the beginning of August, CERN announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the LHC will be made on 10...
Read article 'A supernova is caught in the act of exploding'
Astronomers have, for the first time, observed a star in the act of exploding. The event happened in January while NASA’s Swift satellite was observing another supernova in the same galaxy. The ...
Read article '…and time flies for the ALICE detector'
During the last week of April, the ALICE experiment’s time-of-flight (TOF) detector was completed and installed in the experimental cavern.
Read article 'CMS completes milestone installation of beam pipe…'
On 10 June the CMS collaboration reached another major milestone when the heart of the detector, the beam pipe, was fully installed after 15 years of complex design and manufacture.
Read article 'High-energy physics labs become INSPIREd'
CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC have announced that they will join forces to build INSPIRE, the next-generation, high-energy physics (HEP) information system.
Read article 'Protons and neutrons certainly prefer each other’s company'
Researchers at the Jefferson Lab have found that neutron–proton pairs in the ground state carbon-12 nucleus are far more common than proton–proton pairs and neutron–neutron pairs.
Read article 'GLAST in orbit to explore extreme universe'
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) was launched by NASA on 11 June from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read article 'Protons knock on the LHC’s door'
This brief article announces a proton beam passing down transfer line ti 8 for the second time in the LHC.
Read article 'CERN Council looks forward to imminent start-up of the LHC'
At its 147th meeting on 20 June, CERN Council heard news on progress towards start-up of the LHC later this summer.
Read article 'Brilliant naked-eye GRB constrains theory'
GRB 080319B is the plain name for an extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was so bright that it could be seen with the unaided eye for 30 s. The detailed observation of the prompt optica...
