A Crack in the Foundations of Particle Physics?
The Standard Model of particle physics is under scrutiny. Will it be confirmed or revised? This article gives an overview about the current discussions.
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A New Generation of Supercolliders
Physicists in both China and the European Union have announced plans for new supercolliders that will eclipse the size, power, and speed of the world's current leader, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. What lies in store for the next generation of supercolliders?
Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit als Motor für den Frieden
Die Möglichkeiten der Science DiplomacyDie Möglichkeiten der Science Diplomacy
A Driving Force Towards Peace: Scientific Cooperation
The possibilities of science diplomacyThe possibilities of science diplomacy
A Beautiful Quest: The Search for a Unified Theory
Is the search for a "Theory of Everything" still worth its while or has it turned into a quixotic quest ultimately doing more harm than good?Is the search for a "Theory of Everything" still worth its while or has it turned into a quixotic quest ultimately doing more harm than good?
Searching for SUSY
American Allison Reinsvold explains how she is searching for the elusive superpartners of elementary particles.American Allison Reinsvold explains how she is searching for the elusive superpartners of elementary particles.
Science Master Classes with David Gross at Lindau
Two years ago at Lindau they started a new type of session called Master Class, in analogy with those offered by great masters, invited by the best music schools in the world. In this case it is Nobel laureates that listen and give advice to the select group of students who have come to Lindau. […]
Pros and Cons of building particle accelerators – Werner Heisenberg
The world is looking at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will make an announcement about the Higgs boson, Wednesday July 4th. Speculations and rumors already run around the world. In such hectic times it often is helpful to take a look back. Therefore I recommend to watch a famous […]
Das Higgs-Boson… rechtzeitig für Lindau?
Wer sich für Physik interessiert dürfte ja inzwischen die Gerüchte mitbekommen haben, die über die neuesten LHC-Daten kursieren: Demnach sind die vorliegenden Daten signifikant genug, dass das Higgs-Boson als entdeckt gelten kann. Und wenn das stimmt, wird die Entdeckung parallel zur Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagung verkündet. Aber von Anfang an: Kürzlich hat der Physik-Blogger Peter Woit von […]
A Conversation with Gross on the Edge of Knowledge
Before I can get to the conversation with David Gross and the work he did to receive the Nobel Prize for I have to talk about quarks. Three or two quarks in concert together make up a class of particles known as hadrons which include protons and neutrons. Hence the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a collider of protons and […]