Square Kilometre Array hit with further cost hike and delay
Price of the huge telescope rises by €100m with construction set for 2021
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China’s next big thing: a new fourth-generation synchrotron facility in Beijing
Work has just begun on China’s first fourth-generation synchrotron-radiation source. Robert P Crease gets a sneak preview of what’s in store
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Advanced Photon Source set for $815m upgrade
Improvements to the US synchrotron include a new storage ring as well as enhanced instrument beamlines
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New Zealand pulls out of the Square Kilometre Array after benefits questioned
Government concludes that the benefits of membership do not outweigh the costs
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The rise and rise of ‘new big science’
Robert P Crease describes a new kind of big science that's getting more complex, rather than just more large
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Physicists in China unveil plans for underground gravitational-wave observatory
Facility in central China would also test Einstein’s theory of general relativity to unprecedented precision
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Quantum snakes, a physics-themed building and the Web at 30
Physics World journalists discuss the week’s highlights
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Major revamp complete at SuperKEKB particle-physics facility
The Japan-based electron–positron collider will soon begin taking data to with the aim of spotting physics beyond the Standard Model
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LIGO upgrade to allow ‘almost daily’ detection of gravitational waves
When operational by 2025 the observatory, dubbed aLIGO+, will be twice as sensitive to gravitational waves
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Gran Sasso lab to shut down controversial experiments
Physicists fear that groups may now avoid building new experiments at the Italian lab
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