Insight through Accelerators.

 “Rival” neutrino experiments NOvA and T2K publish first joint analysis

The combined results add to physicists’ understanding and they validate the impressive collaborative effort between two competing — yet complementary — experiments.

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The Wednesday Night Science Cafe: “A Thermometer to Measure a Single Photon—Cutting-edge Sensors to Explore the Frontiers of Astronomical Measurements” was held 

Dr. Ryota Hayakawa, a researcher at WPI-QUP entertained the Wednesday Night Science Cafe with his high-precision photon measurement.  On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Dr. Ryota Hayakawa, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (WPI-QUP) at KEK, participated as a speaker at the Wednesday Night Science […]

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Meet female researchers in “ATHENA” program

KEK has been conducting an “ATHENA” program to accept young overseas researchers every year. That provides young and mid-career female researchers from the Asia-Pacific region with opportunities to conduct collaborative research in Japan’s cutting-edge research facilities and research environments to help their career development and nurture the seeds of long-term collaborative research. This program was […]

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About KEK

KEK, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, is one of the world’s leading accelerator science research laboratories.