Wish you were in Iwate for last LCWS2016 workshop? Here are some impressions of Iwate, proposed region for the International Linear Collider. More than 320 participants from around the world gathered for one week to discuss the latest R&D developments, the linear collider physics case, detectors and accelerators and project management updates for the linear collider. Scientists […]
Forming a new plan for R&D
The linear collider community will conclude the year at the LCWS in Morioka in December. I know that travel funding is tight for many of you but it is important to have a good turnout at this workshop to show the strong continuing international interest and commitment in the construction of a linear collider as an […]
Advertising past and future sights
If you’ve ever taken the metro in Tokyo you know that it can be an adventure with earwormy jingles for every station and wonderfully colourful advertising in the cars. The cars of four lines of Tokyo Toei Subway currently display a very special ad featuring the ILC. It’s an ad placed by Iwate Prefecture to highlight the […]
Thirst for knowledge – the ILC vending machine
Fancying a coffee in Morioka? Supporting the ILC? You could do both at the same time with the ILC vending machine. For each cup, part of the proceeds will go to the Iwate ILC Promotion Council. You will find it on the third floor of the Malios skyscraper next to Morioka Station.
Morioka welcomes next LC workshop
The 2016 international linear collider workshop LCWS2016 will be held in Morioka, Japan from 5 to 9 December. Since around 2010, two linear collider workshops are held per year – one in spring and another in autumn. Recent tradition is that the one in spring is hosted regionally, and the one in autumn is hosted […]
Governor of Iwate prefecture visits CERN
Takuya TASSO, Governor of Iwate Prefecture in Japan, visited CERN on 10 November to see CERN’s activities as a leading international research laboratory cooperation in the frontier of particle physics, and its contribution to world-wide science and education, as well as learn about its social impact. He talked about efforts in Iwate to welcome and to anticipate […]
Linear collider scientists gather in Japan
From 27 to 29 August, the POSIPOL 2014 workshop was held at the brand-new library at Ichinoseki-city, Iwate prefecture, Japan. Scientists discussed issues of polarised positron sources, high-intensity positron sources, X-ray/Gamma-ray sources, and their applications. The R&D on positron source technology is crucial for the realisation of the proposed future linear colliders, ILC and CLIC. On […]
Cool Japan, cool Kitakami
Sushi, anime, manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku fashion… Many aspects of Japanese culture are setting to tone of cool and trendy around the world. The Japanese government has started a “Cool Japan” branding initiative to explore attractive Japanese goods and services on a worldwide scale. In keeping with the Cool theme, Japan’s Iwate prefecture released […]
Ichinoseki-eki: get on board the ILC train!
If you ever come to the Kitakami region and visit the ILC candidate site in Japan, you may well stop at or change over at Ichinoseki station (Ichinoseki-eki). Since a few weeks, local people and the visitors can view an ILC booth in the station, providing information about the ILC project and candidate site. Osamu […]
A day in the life of a particle physicist in Kitakami
The life of a particle physicist is the same everywhere in the world one might say. It’s true that the physicist’s work life at the future ILC is easily predictable. Computing and data taking or analysis, meeting with colleagues, tons of coffee and tea, short lunch breaks at the cafeteria (with “electron” and “positron” menus?), […]