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21 December 2006

ILC Detector in the Making: The 4th Detector Concept
Holiday Reading
Director's Corner: The Evolving ILC Design: Centralising the Injectors
Around the World: Russian Scientists Get to Know KEK’s Electron Gun
From Fermilab Today: Planning for ILC Success Through Shared Databases
In the News – El mundo de la física de partículas pone a soñar a China
In the News – U.S. RESEARCH SPENDING: Scientists Feel the Pain as 2007 Budget Outlook Grows Dark
In the News – CERN Confident of LHC start-up in 2007
In the News – Les cordes: une théorie trop belle pour être vraie?
In the News – Alternative theory of gravity explains large structure formation -- without dark matter

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14 December 2006

From SLAC Today: ILC to Support Two Complementary Detectors
On the Road to Developing U.S.-Indian ILC Collaboration
Director's Corner: Cost Optimisation of Wigglers for the ILC Damping Rings
From Fermilab Today: Planning for ILC Success Through Shared Databases
In the News – Another ILC Milestone
In the News – DZero finds evidence of rare single top quark; Observation marks a step closer to finding Higgs boson
In the News – Air Products joins Linde on collider
In the News – NICADD scientists develop detector technology for International Linear Collider

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7 December 2006

From Les Actualités du LAL: KEK and France Strengthen Particle and Accelerator Physics Collaboration
From Jefferson Lab News: Reaching New Heights in Accelerator Technology
Director's Corner: Parameters for the Linear Collider – An Update
In the News – China Pursues Major Role in Particle Physics
In the News – TRIUMF Announces Next Director
In the News – Fermilab works to gain residents' support
In the News – A laboratory that defies the laws of physics
In the News – Physics Frontier Goes Euro

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30 November 2006

Large-Grain Niobium Cavities Receive Strong Endorsement
ILC Detectors in the Making: LDC is Going with the Flow
Director's Corner: FALC — What’s in the Name?
In the News – You Can Help Shape Future for Fermilab
In the News – A Fresh Start for Japan
In the News – French science after Chirac
In the News – ITER Agreement Signed
In the News – A project as expensive as ITER
In the News – Scoring Perfection on ACT

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22 November 2006

From Outer Space to Inner Tracker: Japanese Magnet on Loan at DESY
Around the World: Radio Frequency Control
Director's Corner: The Japanese Strategy of High-Energy Physics: Full Support for the ILC
In the News – World's largest superconducting magnet switches on
In the News – FY 2007 Appropriations Wrap-Up: Short on Time, Short on Money
In the News – X-ray laser focuses on tiny objects
In the News – The Ultimate "Flash Photography"
In the News – Statement On The International Linear Collider

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16 November 2006

The First SRF Cavity Developed in Korea
Around the World: France Gets Support to Join the ATF2 Collaboration
Director's Corner: The Evolving ILC Design: Lowering Detectors from the Surface
In the News – Science Grid This Week Goes International
In the News – Universities appoint Inaugural Director of the Cockcroft Institute
In the News – The 18-mile road to the future
In the News – The European Strategy for Particle Physics
In the News – New Science Fiction Novel by a Scientist

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9 November 2006

Vertical Test Stand Under Construction at Fermilab
Around the World: Thinking Small to Make the Big Things Work: MDI
Director's Corner: GDE and WWS meet at Valencia
In the News – The CSIC and Valencia University collaborate in defining the new particle accelerator.
In the News – Light on the dark matter
In the News – The new accelerator will decode the new keys of "dark matter"
In the News – 400 experts analyse in Valencia the constitution of the Universe
In the News – Prime Minister highlights England's Northwest as a leading region for science and innovation
In the News – Open Access publishing in physics gains momentum

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2 November 2006

EUDET: Leaving Milestones Behind
Around the World: Fermilab Prepares to Launch ILC Citizens Task Force
Director's Corner: Worldwide Peer Reviews for ILC Detector R&D
In the News – U.S. Department of Energy Awards Contract for Management and Operation of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
In the News – A New Antimatter Engine Design
In the News – Knowing the Universe in Detail (Except for That Pesky 96 Percent of It)

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26 October 2006

ILC Detectors in the Making: Silicon Detector (SiD)
Around the World: China Engages in Large-Grain Niobium Single Cells
Director's Corner: ILC-Americas Regional Team Looks to the Future
In the News – Fermilab gets charge out of new particles
In the News – The Universe on a String
In the News – New experiment to investigate cosmic connection to clouds
In the News – Japan's new premier chases innovation
In the News – LHC - The Guide

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19 October 2006

Making Waves for Positrons
My Favourite Year: Carleton University student recalls his year as a member of an ILC TPC Micromegas French group.
Director's Corner: Road to the ILC Reference Design
In the News – Superlative Physics
In the News – How the US Sees the LHC

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12 October 2006

From CERN Courier: Particle physics and the press
Around the World: Meet Maura - New ILC Web Specialist to Implement EDMS
Director's Corner: Pomp and Circumstance
In the News – Course aux téléscopes vers la matière noire
In the News – String theory: Is it science's ultimate dead end?
In the News – Oh, for the Simple Days of the Big Bang
In the News – Stinky feet, annoying noise top IgNobel prize list...

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5 October 2006

Students Contribute to ILC Damping Ring Studies at Cornell University
Around the World: TTC Meeting held at KEK
Director's Corner: The Evolving ILC Design: Eliminating One Positron Damping Ring
In the News – George Smoot Wins Nobel Prize In Physics
In the News – Research Engineers Advance Design of the International Linear Collider with MathWorks Tools
In the News – Physics at the end of its string?
In the News – Particle wobble shakes up supersymmetry

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28 September 2006

Virtually There - The Control Room of the Future?
Linear Collider Forum of Japan Meets
Around the World: From SLAC Today: Experimental Work at SLAC Brings RF Design Effort to Life
Director's Corner: Machine Advisory Committee Reviews the GDE
In the News – Responses to Survey of Women in Physics
In the News – Physicists on faculty support ILC construction
In the News – From Zero to a Billion Electron Volts in 3.3 Centimeters

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21 September 2006

Fermilab ILC Task Force Evaluates How to Increase Future Participation and Collaboration with University Community
Fermilab and Argonne Host Next LCFOA Meeting
Around the World: IHEP Magnet Engineers Visit KEK
Director's Corner: The Evolving ILC Design: Changing the Crossing Angles
In the News – UK Particle Physics Steps on the Accelerator Pedal
In the News – String theory: Hanging on by a thread?
In the News – £110m boost for science projects
In the News – Parsons Awarded Professional Engineering Services Contract By International Linear Collider Team

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14 September 2006

CALICE calorimeter prototypes record 20 million of interactions
Texas A&M University Sponsors Next USPAS - Houston, Texas, 15-26 January 2007
Director's Corner: To-Gakkai meets the ILC
In the News – Dark Energy and Dark Matter – The Results of Flawed Physics?
In the News – Italy starts new chapter in physics
In the News – CERN switches on neutrino beam to Gran Sasso
In the News – Caltech Physicists Successfully Split the Bill

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7 September 2006

Around the World: Fermilab Launches Community Envoy Program
KEK Director General Visits the Front
Director's Corner: Developing an International Cost Estimate for the ILC
In the News – World Record at FLASH in Hamburg
In the News – Niowave looking at fast growth

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31 August 2006

Gone in 20 Picoseconds
The Future of Photon Sensors
Director's Corner: Why Cost Confidentiality?
In the News – What are dark matter and dark energy, and how are they affecting the universe?
In the News – Scientists Confirm Dark Matter's Existence
In the News – The Baseline Configuration for the ILC (By Barry Barish)

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24 August 2006

Getting Wired for Beam Diagnostics
Around the World: Subcommittee of Japan Society of Civil Engineers to Promote the ILC
Director's Corner: Revisiting the ILC Parameters
In the News – Upcoming colliders: Physics on the edge
In the News – DARK MATTER OBSERVED: Most Direct Measurement of Dark Matter Allows Study of its Nature
In the News – Team finds 'proof' of dark matter
In the News – Dark Matter Exposed?

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17 August 2006

XFEL and ILC: Accelerating in the Family
Fermilab's New Clean Room Sparkles
Director's Corner: Happy Birthday GDE
In the News – The Unraveling of String Theory
In the News – Editorial: Loop quantum gravity increases its pull
In the News – A 'Landscape' Too Far?
In the News – Single Positron Damping Ring for ILC

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10 August 2006

High Performance Coupler
Director's Corner: More Reflections on VLCW06: The ILC Reference Design
Around The World: Registration Filling Up for Single Crystal Workshop
In the News – Particle Physics Podcast
In the News – Can This Machine Rescue Physics?
In the News – Orbach Sees Promising Future for Science at the Department of Energy

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3 August 2006

Conventional Facilities and Siting Group Well Represented at VLCW06
Director's Corner: Reflections on VLCW06: Physics and Detectors
Around The World: After Vancouver: Valencia
In the News – Beijing collider intensifies focus on tau–charm physics
In the News – Asleep at the Collider
In the News – Community Task Force Begins ILC Preparations

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27 July 2006

RDR and DCR on Schedule at VLCW06
Director's Corner: Building and Testing a String of Cryomodules - a Task for S2
Around The World: FCAL’S Best Friends
In the News – Laser could create dark-matter particles
In the News – Europe Draws Up Road Map, With Added CLICs

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20 July 2006

ILC Detectors in the Making: Global Large Detector (GLD)
View Our Photo Album: VLCW06
Director's Corner: CERN Council Launches European Strategy for Particle Physics
Around The World: ICHIRO Cavity and Youths
In the News – Government shortlists big science builds
In the News – European strategy for particle physics
In the News – CERN Council adopts European strategy for particle physics
In the News – Jim Alexander named Director for LEPP

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13 July 2006

The Joy of Large Grain Niobium
Director's Corner: Vancouver Linear Collider Workshop/GDE Meeting
Around The World: World Cup Snapshots
In the News – Rushed decision on collider would limit useful options
In the News – Physics in South Africa: long road to freedom
In the News – Senate Appropriators Approve 16.6% Increase for DOE Office of Science
In the News – Sociologist fools physics judges
In the News – Essay: Physics Awaits New Options as Standard Model Idles

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6 July 2006

Straighten up and fly right...
ILC detectors in the making
Director's Corner: Demonstrating the ILC Accelerating Gradient
In the News – Recommendations on Particle and Nuclear Studies at KEK
In the News – Dark Matter
In the News – Astronomers reach out to find Einstein's waves

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29 June 2006

ALCPG and GDE Host Town Hall Meeting at VLCW06
Cavity Buffs
Around The World: University of Lancaster Organises Linear Collider Physics School 2006
Director's Corner: Sokendai Linear Collider Accelerator School
In the News – Marc Ross Named Head of Fermilab's Technical Division
In the News – Chinese, US High-energy Physicists to Further Cooperate
In the News – Host A Big Accelerator in Japan LDP started a federation to promote construction
In the News – ATF2: A Model for Future ILC Collaboration

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22 June 2006

The Canadian ILC Group and the Time Projection Chamber
Around The World: Japanese Diet Members to Promote the ILC
Around The World: Korean GDE member Kim moves to Kyungpook National University
Director's Corner: How Many Magnets Make a Linear Collider?
In the News – Indo-US cooperation important for global marketplace
In the News – PAMELA, or virtue rewarded
In the News – Asian committee for future accelerators

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15 June 2006

Challenging ILC Machine Studies Also Attract Detector Groups
A Marriage Made in TTF
Director's Corner: "Able was I ere I saw Elba"
In the News – Universal Challenge
In the News – EU Science Fund Targets Young Guns
In the News – TRIUMF successfully commissions Canada's first superconducting linear particle accelerator

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8 June 2006

ILC Communications Accelerate at KEK
Eel's Bed in KEK?
Director's Corner: Future Particle Physics in Asia
In the News – A Cosmic Coincidence Resurrects the Cyclical Universe
In the News – Aging Atom Smasher Runs All Out in Race for Most Coveted Particle

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1 June 2006

First US Processed ILC Cavity Achieves Milestone
Key options for FP7: a superconducting RF facility at CERN?
Around The World: The First International School for Linear Colliders Held
Director's Corner: FALC Grapples with its Governance
In the News – A Quiet Leader Unites Researchers in Drive for the Next Big Machine

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25 May 2006

China's Active ILC Participation with ATF2 Quadrupole Magnet Fabrication
China, Japan and U.S. Collaborate on Magnet Design and Production for ATF2
Around The World: ATF Welcomes a New Generation
Director's Corner: Einstein’s Telescope
In the News – SLAC to Help Build KEK's ATF2
In the News – Hard Landscape
In the News – Renewing America's Commitment to Research in High-Energy Physics

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18 May 2006

Brian Greene Gives Congress a Tour of the Quantum Universe
EPP2010 – the European version
ILC NewsLine Survey
Around The World: Civil Engineering studies of the European ILC sites
Director's Corner: New Look and New Logo
In the News – A Ruler to Measure the Universe
In the News – Particles not particularly useful

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11 May 2006

String theory into practice
ILC Communications Workshop -- Vancouver July, 2006
Around The World: Possible Proposal Presented for ILC Test Beam Facilities at Fermilab
Director's Corner: Baseline Damping Rings
In the News – Particle Physics Panel Launches "Discovering the Quantum Universe" Report
In the News – Could cyclic universe explain mystery?

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4 May 2006

Around The World: Contracts, Costing and Bid-to-Host - Oh My!
Unprecedented: 13.1 nm for FLASH!
Director's Corner: DOE and NSF Reviewers See Progress in ILC-Americas Program; Also Recommend Areas of Improvement
In the News – The Revolution in 21st Century Particle Physics - Brian Greene talks to Congress
In the News – Experts worry US may lose leadership in particle physics
In the News – Particle Physics in America
Special NewsLine issue for Girl's Day (pdf)

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27 April 2006

Around The World: GDE Welcomes Two New Korean Members
International Linear Collider Takes a Leading Role in EPP2010 Report
Director's Corner: Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century
In the News – Making collider endorsement count
In the News – Physics in America at Crossroads and in Crisis, Panel Says
In the News – Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab sign collaborative agreement aimed at multi-billion-dollar project; Governor Blagojevich proclaims Illinois Particle Accelerator Day
In the News – Stephen Hawkings "Flexiversum"

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20 April 2006

Electron Accelerator R&D for the Energy Frontier
MAC - Thinking Different
Director's Corner: A BIG MAC Report
In the News – A Real Flip-Flopper, at 3 Trillion Times a Second
In the News – ILC Milestone

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13 April 2006

Linear Collider Forum of America Hosts Next ILC Industrialization Meeting at SLAC
Designing the Perfect Cryomodule for the ILC
Around The World: Kaoru Yokoya leads LC Office at KEK
Director's Corner: Lost in Translation
In the News – Get India's R&D priorities right
In the News – Fermilab future remains unclear
In the News – Bodman addresses safety, the ILC, and the future of U.S. science

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6 April 2006

University of Michigan Experiments with Silicon Microstrip Detectors
Students Selected for International Accelerator School For Linear Colliders
Help Your GDE Communicators - Attend the ILC Communications Meeting at KEK
Director's Corner: The Russian Federation in Seven Days
In the News – New String-Theory Notion Redefines the Big Bang
In the News – ILC Innovation: Improving the Photocathode

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30 March 2006

Ten Thousand Eyes On New Physics
Costing Guidelines for the Reference Design Report Available Online
Director's Corner: Thanks, Fumi... Welcome, Mitsuaki
In the News – The First Measuring Period at DESY's New Free-Electron Laser VUV-FEL Successfully Concluded: Confirmation of Future Possibilities of Scientific Application
In the News – Designing accelerators: PRECISION PROBES for scientific discovery
In the News – A Peek Behind the Scenes: In the Lab's Clean Rooms

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23 March 2006

Dark Matter Determines the Universe
New GDE Communicator for Europe
Director's Corner: Integrating the Parts
In the News – Out of the Box: Designing the ILC
In the News – Deconstruction: ILC Design

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16 March 2006

GDE Boards Deliver Updates in Bangalore
Hosting the LCWS06
Director's Corner: Developing Partnership with India on the ILC
In the News: New device to understand mysteries of universe
In the News: US Lab seeks Indian hand in mega project

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9 March 2006

Detector Options for the ILC
Friendly Advice — KEK Publishes Interim Report on International Linear Collider
Director's Corner: Meeting the President of India
In the News: Physics Galore in Bangalore
In the News: Towards a Europe of particles
In the News: Interim Report from ad hoc committee on the Linear Collider Project

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2 March 2006

Lessons in Public Participation: ILC in the Neighborhood
EUDET Kicks Off
Bangalore Preview
In the News: Announcement of the Winners of the 2006 Accelerator Prizes awarded by the European Physical Society Accelerator Group (EPS-AG)
In the News: Head of global scientific body given clearance after security controversy
In the News: Frosty US visa policy leaves Indian science cold

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23 February 2006

Future Generation of Physicists at U. Colorado Helps with ILC
Following the Beam
Director's Corner: Energy Upgrade
In the News: A new Cathedral for physicists
In the News: China connects to France for the data exploitation of LHC

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16 February 2006

Fermilab Cools First TESLA Cavity from DESY
Around The World: ALCPG and GDE Announce Vancouver Linear Collider Workshop, 19-23 July 2006
Director's Corner: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
In the News: Progress on the Linear Collider
In the News: Einstein's theory 'improved'?
In the News: U.S. seeks bids on managing Fermilab, Argonne

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9 February 2006

Europe Defines a Strategy Plan for the Future of Particle Physics
TRIUMF Kicker Group Experiments with 6 Nanosecond Pulses
Around The World: From Injection Systems to Kickers, KEK and SLAC Successfully Collaborate on ATF
Director's Corner: U.S. Budget News
In the News: DOE FY07 Budget Request Has $775 Million for HEP
In the News: European particle physics sets course for the future

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2 February 2006