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Plotting a Strategy for Space
Oct 19, 2016When the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched its strategic priority programme in space science in 2011, the goal was to create something similar to the European Space Agency’s “Cosmic Visions” programme.
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Physicists Dream of Supersized Collider
Oct 19, 2016Particle physicists in China have been awarded ￥36m ($5m) to carry out preliminary research for what would be the world’s largest particle accelerator – the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC).
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China Reveals Plans for National Lab System
Oct 19, 2016China is to build several large, multi-purpose facilities in Beijing and Shanghai that will form the basis of two new national laboratories.Work on the ￥10bn ($1.5bn) Beijing-based laboratory will start early next ye...
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Rise of the Physics Powerhouse
Oct 17, 2016“China is a different country from when I first left,” says Xinchou Lou, director of experimental physics at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Beijing. Having returned to China in 2012 after almost thre...
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MINOS and Daya Bay Join Forces to Narrow the Window on Sterile Neutrinos
Oct 08, 2016Two major international collaborations have joined forces to publish a paper that sheds new light on one of the most pressing questions in particle physics – “do sterile neutrinos exist?”Hints of a new type of neut...
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Main Mechanical Units of CSNS Neutron Beam Shutter Equipment Assembly Installed
Sep 27, 2016The last neutron beam shutter gate top shielding block for the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) was successfully installed on September 11th. It means the main mechanical units of the Neutron Beam Shutter Equipm...
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CSNS Target System Rail Assembly and Fixed Shielding Installation Completed
Sep 27, 2016Installation of the rail assembly and fixed shielding of the target system at China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) was accomplished on September 17. The rail assembly, 17 meters in length and 13 tons in weight, is t...
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IHEP to work with Dunhuang Research Academy to Preserve World Heritage
Sep 23, 2016On September 13, the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dunhuang Research Academy (DHRA) to work together for the protection of the Cultural Relics of Dunhuang.
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CEPC-SppC Study Group Meeting held
Sep 13, 2016A Study Group Meeting for the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) was held at Beihang University from September 2 to 3. More than 200 participants from research institutions and universities in China and labora...
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Romanian NASRI Delegation Visits IHEP
Sep 13, 2016A five-person delegation from the National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation of Romania, headed by its president, Mr. Mihi-Robert Dima, visited IHEP on September 8th, 2016. Chen Gang, deputy director of...
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