Time for big decisions
Important choices have to be made this year
Read article: Physicists push themselves to the limit
Physicists push themselves to the limit
Frost bite, no toilets and polar bears - these are some of the hazards that physicists face when working in hostile environments. But, as Paula Gould reports, they seem to enjoy it
Antimatter factory opens at CERN
Unlike most experiments at CERN, the £3.2 million Antimatter Decelerator (AD) is designed to slow down particles rather than accelerate them. The antiprotons are created when high-energy protons ...
DIAMOND: it’s not too late
The Millennium Dome in London – a £758m high-tech visitor attraction that was built largely with government money – is a national laughing stock in the UK. But at least the Dome opene...
Linear colliders target energy frontier
Most particle physicists agree on the scientific case for a next-generation linear collider. It is just a question of persuading the politicians to foot the bill
Experiment sees the arrow of time – at last!
Everyday experience tells us that it is impossible to travel backwards in time, no matter what science-fiction writers and movie directors tell us. However, this seemingly natural impossibility...
ITER must make its case
Last month, as expected, the four partners in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project announced a three-year extension of the ITER engineering design activity. Detailed des...
Read article: Neutrons for the future
Neutrons for the future
If plans to build the European Spallation Source are successful it will be the world's most powerful neutron source and will revolutionize many areas of experimental science
New contractor for weapons lab
Department of Energy officials announced last week who will be running Brookhaven National Laboratory
Japan thinks big on synchrotrons
The highest energy synchrotron radiation source in the world has officially opened
