Vacuum Technology, Big Science & China

From today’s PhysicsWeb Alerts (physicsweb.org, Physics World, IOP), here are a couple of headlines and topic sentences:

1. Big science needs vacuum innovation (Jul 30) http://physicsweb.org/article/world/20/7/43 Vacuum technology will be crucial to the success of many large experiments of the future. Joe Herbert outlines some common challenges faced by scientists.

2. Big science and China hold future promise (Jul 30) http://physicsweb.org/article/world/20/7/44 The next 10 years will see the launch of a number of large and impressive physics experiments that will push the limits of vacuum technology.