Nuclear & particle physics

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LHC will restart end of June 2009 Dec 5, 2008

Beams not likely to reach full energy until 2010

Accelerating medical isotope production Nov 26, 2008 1 comment

Technetium-99m production does not rely on reactors or enriched uranium

Europe unveils 20-year astronomy roadmap Nov 26, 2008

Funding must rise by 20% per year to meet ambitious goals

LHC repairs under way Nov 21, 2008

Damaged magnets make their way out of tunnel

Proton and neutron masses calculated from first principles Nov 21, 2008 9 comments

Quantum chromodynamics makes us heavy, say physicists

US firm unveils plans for mini nuclear reactors Nov 20, 2008 15 comments

Tiny reactors have no moving parts and could power a small town for $25m

Excess of electrons could point to dark matter Nov 20, 2008 2 comments

Are WIMPs annihilating nearby?

PAMELA bares all Nov 4, 2008

Satellite data do indeed hint at dark-matter annihilation, the European team claims

Fermilab 'ghosts' hint at new particles Nov 3, 2008 3 comments

Some CDF physicists believe publication was premature

Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY Oct 31, 2008 1 comment

Accelerator lab chooses nanostructure expert as new director

A new view of particle physics Oct 31, 2008

CERN engineer Sergio Cittolin depicts the Large Hadron Collider as Leonardo da Vinci might have seen it

The large hadron computer Oct 31, 2008

Plans for dealing with the torrent of data from the Large Hadron Collider’s detectors have made the CERN particle-physics lab, yet again, a pioneer in computing as well as physics. Andreas Hirstius describes the challenges of processing and storing data in the age of petabyte science

Party time at CERN Oct 22, 2008 6 comments

Despite magnet problems, the grand launch of the LHC goes ahead - complete with a 16,000 dish 'physics buffet'

LHC report confirms electrical fault Oct 17, 2008 2 comments

Machine engineers expect to begin lifting out magnets for repairs in the next few weeks

Detector has an ear for dark matter Oct 16, 2008 1 comment

Acoustic breakthrough could help find WIMPs