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07/01/06

Bold experiments can be convincing

Physicists live to experiment: usually in a lab, but at times in different venues. The National Academies committee that recently looked into the future of US particle physics was a new kind of non-laboratory experiment for the physics community.

Logbook of May 2006
05/01/06

K2Ks first neutrinos

The neutrino experiment K2K (KEK to Kamioka) collaboration shares a logbook with Super-Kamiokande scientists at its far detector site 250 kilometers from KEK in Tsukuba.

05/01/06

A balanced life

It was very funny to read the cover-story of the March issue, when Ruth Howes mentions the feeling she got from fellow physicists: "It was about who could work hardest and who could be the tiredest"—this is indeed widespread in the physics community.

05/01/06

Other significant uncited papers

Using Nobel laureate Abdus Salam as an example, Mart (symmetry, February 2006) informed readers that papers of symposium proceedings received no citation count and fortunately, the Nobel committee dug out the paper in a proceeding and recognized the originality as well as priority of Salam's

05/01/06

Ziploc

I just perused the April issue of symmetry and had to laugh about the Ziploc purse.

05/01/06

30-ton foot

Pakistan does not have a long history of domestic particle physics experiments, but the country is nevertheless finding ways to contribute to international efforts.

05/01/06

A special day in Illinois

Valentine's Day. Thanksgiving Day. Secretary's Day. The United States celebrates and honors lots of events and people.

05/01/06

e-Lab outreach in Bangalore

Armed with tin foil, GPS units, and sheets of black paper, two Fermilab educators headed to Bangalore to help high-school and college teachers set up a detector at a local planetarium.

05/01/06

Bodman on Fermilab

A portion of US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman's remarks during his visit to Fermilab on April 7, 2006: "Successful futures are built on past successes, and in this respect, you have every reason to be optimistic and confident about your future."

05/01/06

Science meets architecture

A step away from the cars scuttling down the streets of Delhi, precisely arranged on a tame green lawn, is what looks like a giant's playground. Twin cylinders squat at the far end. A pole stands at the center of each, matching the windowed cylinders' radii and heights.

05/01/06

Hesheng Chen: Golden opportunities in China

Although collaborations are still modest, golden physics opportunities exist in China, such as the BESIII experiment at BEPC-II (the upgraded Beijing Electron-Positron Collider) and the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment.

Illustration of Standard Model Cube
05/01/06

Standard Model

The Standard Model is the best theory that physicists currently have to describe the building blocks of the universe.

05/01/06

Pierre Darriulat: Modern physics built from scratch

Modern physics built from scratch. It is difficult to summarize my experience in Vietnam in a few lines as the boundary conditions differ so radically from those that apply in the scientific environment of Western countries.

05/01/06

Australian Synchrotron

The Australian Synchrotron fits into the larger Australian and international research programs. Newly established e-Research Centres will link to the AS as part of the national data grid, allowing for remote collaboration and operation of the facility.