For a large particle physics project like the International Linear Collider (ILC), the accelerator and the detectors are generally funded quite differently. The accelerator typically costs an order of magnitude more than the detectors and its funding comes from governments through a handful of major laboratories or is directly pooled at the new central laboratory. On […]
Japanese diet members go to Washington
There was a visit by Japanese Diet members to Washington DC from 26 to 29 April (see “Discussions at the political level over the ILC in US and Europe” in this issue of LC NewsLine). I attended two of those meetings, one on 28 April at the Hudson Institute and one on 29 April at […]
China awards Shin-ichi Kurokawa for his international scientific cooperation
Shin-ichi Kurokawa, professor emeritus of KEK, and vice president of Cosylab, is one of three international scientists to have been awarded the 2011 award for International Scientific Cooperation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on 18 January. This award is given to honour eminent foreign experts who make outstanding contributions to facilitating cooperation with […]
The gift of research rises from the rubble
This month’s Research Director’s Report was written by Hitoshi Yamamoto, co-chair of the World Wide Study and regional detector contact for Asia.
On 11 March, the three-day symposium on detector R&D for the International Linear Collider at KEK, Japan, came to a close. It was the final annual meeting of the five-year programme sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), which had been supporting a large part of Japanese ILC detector activities in recent […]