The SciencesSeptember 4, 2008
How U.S. Researchers Are Making the Switch to the Large Hadron Collider
Remote operations means the move to Geneva is not always mandatory
Large Hadron Collider
The SciencesSeptember 4, 2008
What Happens to Particle Accelerators After They Are Shut Down?
Radioactivity limits the potential for recycling, except for one infamous particle smasher that never saw the light of day
May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!
September 4, 2008
How the Large Hadron Collider Might Change the Web
The LHC Computing Grid may teach the Internet how to quietly handle reams of information
The SciencesAugust 7, 2008
Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam
Following a test this coming weekend, official start-up date is set for September 10
The SciencesAugust 1, 2008
News Bytes of the Week: Large Hadron Collider gets its own rap song
Hot and spicy salmonella; Promising Alzheimer's drug; EPA studies nanotech safety; White Knight Two debuts; and more...
The SciencesJuly 2, 2008
As LHC Draws Nigh, Nobelists Outline Dreams--And Nightmares
Run-up to activation of world's biggest science experiment later this summer
The SciencesJune 27, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--On the Other Hand: The Scent of a Lemur
Brain plaque without Alzheimer's symptoms; Teaching computers to teach better; Sweet plan to save the Everglades; From fins to limbs; and more...
EnvironmentJune 1, 2008
Letters
Land "Tides" -- Polar Ice Sheets -- Market Morality
The SciencesApril 29, 2008
Searching for an Elusive Particle, Physicists Take a Shot in the Dark
Experimenters team up in the search for an invisible, hypothetical particle
Space & PhysicsApril 15, 2008
Scientists reconstruct the Pioneer spacecraft anomaly
At the American Physical Society meeting: What is putting a drag on the twin Pioneer spacecraft? Is it uneven heating? Or does gravity deviate from what is expected?
The SciencesApril 4, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--(Weird Sex) in an octopus's garden
Guitar science; Breakbone fever cripples Rio; Is the Large Hadron Collider doomsday-safe? and more
The SciencesApril 3, 2008
Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown
What's the matter with antimatter? New data may hold the answer.