Read article 'First results from LUX on dark matter'
The collaboration that built and runs the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, operating in the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory, has released its first results in the search for weakly in...
Read article 'Fermilab gears up for an intense future'
A series of upgrades will deliver many more protons.
Read article 'LHCb plans for cool pixel detector'
As the first long shutdown since the start-up of the LHC continues, many teams at CERN are already preparing for future improvements in performance that were foreseen when the machine restarts after t...
Read article 'Genetic multiplexing: how to read more with less electronics'
Modern physics experiments often require the detection of particles over large areas with excellent spatial resolution.
Read article 'Micropattern-detector experts meet in Zaragoza'
Latest research developments in the technology of MPGDs.
Read article 'ATLAS undergoes some delicate gymnastics'
A huge programme of consolidation and improvements is under way at Point 1.
Read article 'AIDA boosts detector development'
An EU project is enabling detector solutions for upgraded and future accelerators.
Read article 'ALICE through a gamma-ray looking glass'
The ALICE experiment is optimized to perform in the environment of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, which can produce thousands of particles. Its design combines an excellent vertex resolution with a ...
Read article 'The Tevatron’s data continue to excite'
Latest results from 10 years of proton–antiproton running.
Read article 'CMS hunts for low-mass dark matter'
Astronomical observations – such as the rotation velocities of galaxies and gravitational lensing – show that more than 80% of the matter in the universe remains invisible.
