International recognition of the discovery of the 114th and 116th elements of the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Elements was celebrated on 2 September 2011 at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear…

An International Advanced School on Modern Mathematical Physics was held at the JINR BLTP for the eighth time. About 80 students, postgraduates and young scientists who specialize in this area…

Geneva, 31 May 2010. Researchers on the OPERA experiment at the INFN’s Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy today announced the first direct observation of a tau particle in a muon…

Geneva 30 March 2010. Beams collided at 7 TeV in the LHC at 13:06  CEST today, marking the start of the LHC research programme. Particle physicists around the world are…

Scientists decided on the name of the 112nd element of the Mendeleev Periodic table of elements. It was named "copernicium" in honour of medieval astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The name was…