[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/5787\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ENew strategy for particle physics\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new European strategy for particle physics was adopted by the CERN Council at a meeting hosted by the European Commission in Brussels. This is a follow up to the previous strategy agreed in 2006. \u2018It is drawing the main priorities for the next 5 to 6 years,\u2019 explained Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new strategy is explicit. On the one hand, it is based on the success of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which allowed scientists to observe the famous Higgs boson decay last year. Clearly, CERN wants to keep its leading role in this field in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, the new strategy also goes \u2018global\u2019. \u2018The scale of the facilities required by particle physics is resulting in the globalisation of the field,\u2019 says the new strategy document. \u2018The European strategy takes into account the worldwide particle physics landscape and developments in related fields and should continue to do so.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo potential projects are mentioned in that global perspective. The construction of an International Linear Collider (ILC) is proposed by the Japanese particle physics community and would include a large European participation. The other project aims at developing a neutrino programme with Japan and the US \u2018to pave the way for a substantial European role in future long-baseline experiments\u2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrong EU support for SESAME\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe European Commission and CERN have also announced their support for the construction of the \u2018Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East\u2019 project (SESAME). This is a unique joint venture launched in 2003 by countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East to build a synchrotron facility in Jordan. SESAME has nine members in the region, and several other countries are cooperating in this project with \u0027observer\u0027 status. The European Commission will fund the construction of the magnets of this synchrotron, an important piece of equipment which is still missing. EUR\u0026nbsp;5 million from FP7 funds will be devoted to this project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018The SESAME project is a unique scientific project for the Middle-East,\u2019 said Robert-Jan Smits, Director General of the European Commission\u2019s Directorate General for Research and Innovation. \u2018It is also a project that shows that scientists from different countries in the region can work side by side.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018This is really an example of a \u201cscience for peace\u201d project,\u2019 added Rolf Heuer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESESAME was established under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and is founded along similar lines to CERN. It is operated as an intergovernmental organisation. The synchrotron should start its scientific activities in 2015.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022moreinfoblock\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003EWhat is a synchrotron?\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EAdvanced sources of light (like lasers and synchrotrons) have become prime factors in promoting scientific and technological progress. In recent decades, the extraordinary power of synchrotron light has made it an essential tool for studying matter on scales ranging from biological cells to atoms, using radiation from the infrared to X-rays. It has had an immense impact in fields that include industry, biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, medicine and physics. 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