Read article 'PHOENIX provides successful charge breeding at ISOLDE'
A key development for the future of high-energy radioactive ion-beam facilities is the efficient and fast "charge-state breeding" from singly charged ions at low energies (10-60 keV).
Read article 'ATRAP catches speed of antihydrogen'
This is an important step towards the goal of producing antihydrogen atoms cold enough – that is, slow enough – for precision spectroscopy.
Read article 'The hunt for Earth-sized exoplanets'
The discoveries of three new extrasolar planets were recently announced within the space of a week. With masses around or less than 20 times that of the Earth, these new exoplanets are the lightest kn...
Read article 'BaBar finds direct CP violation in B decays'
It is a classic example of the question to ask aliens from a distant galaxy to discover if they are made from what we on Earth define as matter or antimatter. Tell them to make neutral B mesons and an...
Read article 'ATLAS muon chambers leave Russia for CERN'
On 6 July the vehicle with the first nine of 84 muon chambers made at the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (JINR DLNP) for the ATLAS experiment left Building 5 of DLNP and set out on its long ...
Read article 'KamLAND narrows options for oscillations'
The KamLAND collaboration has announced an improved measurement of the oscillation between the first two neutrino families based on a 766.3 tonne-year exposure to reactor antineutrinos.
Read article 'Free-electron laser achieves 10 kilowatts'
The free-electron laser (FEL) located at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and supported by the Office of Naval Research achieved 10 kW of infrared laser lig...
Read article 'Indian detector stars at Brookhaven'
A detector built by an Indian team has begun running this year in the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Read article 'EUROFEL and EUROTeV to receive EU support'
The European Commission has selected two projects that are coordinated by DESY for support within the EU's Sixth Framework Programme.
Read article 'Key piece for gamma-ray burst puzzle'
A peculiar gamma-ray burst has been detected by ESA’s INTEGRAL gamma-ray mission. This sub-energetic burst makes the link between an earlier anomalous event and all other bursts detected so far....
