Read article 'Dipole magnets transfer to industry'
Dipole magnets transfer to industry
The LHC will use some 1248 superconducting dipole magnets to keep its proton beams on course.
Read article 'Dipole magnets transfer to industry'
Read article 'Rare kaon decay tests Standard Model'
Rare kaon decay tests Standard Model
An experiment at Long Island's Brookhaven laboratory has just reported a long-awaited result: the observation of only the second decay of a positive kaon into a positive pion accompanied by a neutrino...
Read article 'Quantum gravity comes in from the cold'
Quantum gravity comes in from the cold
Gravity and quantum mechanics rarely mix in laboratory circles.
Read article 'Team reports neutrinoless double beta decay'
Team reports neutrinoless double beta decay
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, have reported evidence of neutrinoless double beta decay.
Read article 'Pierre Auger Observatory in action'
Pierre Auger Observatory in action
On a cold, clear night last May the shutters rolled away from the aperture window.
Read article 'New high-speed data link between CERN and the US'
New high-speed data link between CERN and the US
The growth of international collaboration in science was underlined last December by the award of a contract to Dutch telecoms provider KPNQuest for a new transatlantic high-speed data link at 622 Mbp...
Read article 'ESA mission will study ultimate energies'
ESA mission will study ultimate energies
Joining the Pierre Auger Observatory in the long term will be ESA's Extreme Universe Space Observatory, which is scheduled to fly on the International Space Station from 2008.
Read article 'Milky Way reveals new information about the density of baryonic matter in the universe'
Milky Way reveals new information about the density of baryonic matter in the universe
Ordinary matter composed of baryons - essentially protons and neutrons - is responsible for only a tenth of the gravitation observed in the universe.
Read article 'CERN reacts to increased LHC costs'
CERN reacts to increased LHC costs
At its December meeting, CERN's governing Council decided on new measures to react to the increased costs that emerged last year for its future Large Hadron Collider.
Read article 'Radioactive beam research gets new facility'
Radioactive beam research gets new facility
CERN's new nuclear physics facility, REX-ISOLDE, was commissioned at the end of October, opening up new horizons for the laboratory's nuclear physics community.
