Read article 'CERN’s summer student programme turns 40'
CERN’s summer student programme turns 40
It was in 1962, when Victor Weisskopf was CERN director-general, that the laboratory’s summer student programme began.
Read article 'CERN’s summer student programme turns 40'
Read article 'Latin American physics centre celebrates 40th anniversary'
Latin American physics centre celebrates 40th anniversary
The Rio de Janeiro-based Centro Latinoamericano de Física (CLAF) celebrated its 40th anniversary on 26 March. Founded under the auspices of UNESCO following the CERN model, CLAF was established to pr...
Read article 'Cosmic Background Imager confirms flat universe observations'
Cosmic Background Imager confirms flat universe observations
The first results from the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) were released in May. Observations of the microwave background are the closest astronomers can get to the Big Bang, and fluctuations in this r...
Read article 'Direct evidence seen for oscillations'
Direct evidence seen for oscillations
The Sun shines, just as described by our best theories of its thermonuclear furnace. Neutrinos oscillate - at least, electron-neutrinos change into another type.
Read article 'Cosmic-ray particles could give information about neutrino mass'
Cosmic-ray particles could give information about neutrino mass
Cosmic-ray particles with the highest energies could give us clues about the mass of the relic particles from the Big Bang with the lowest energies - neutrinos - according to recent research.
Read article 'Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland'
Particle physics is thriving in Switzerland
An update on particle physics and closely related topics in Switzerland was presented at the University of Zurich in March to a subpanel of the European Committee for Future Accelerators, RECFA.
Read article 'D0 physicists ‘shake hands’ across the Atlantic in key grid test'
D0 physicists ‘shake hands’ across the Atlantic in key grid test
n an important test of datagrid technology, members of the D0 collaboration at Fermilab have successfully communicated across the Atlantic with colleagues in the UK.
Read article 'Remnants reveal origins of cosmic rays'
Remnants reveal origins of cosmic rays
In the 90 years since the discovery of cosmic rays, there have been many theories about their origin, but little experimental evidence for actual sources.
Read article 'Smooth surfaces give boost to TESLA superconducting cavity'
Smooth surfaces give boost to TESLA superconducting cavity
Accelerating cavities for the proposed TESLA superconducting electron-positron collider routinely achieve the 25 MV/m accelerating gradient that is required to achieve a collision energy of 500 GeV in...
Read article 'Debate sparked on quark stars'
Debate sparked on quark stars
Recent observations of two neutron stars have led to the announcement that a new form of matter might have been found. Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory claim that one of the st...
