Read article 'Pixels make for perfect particle tracking in ALICE'
Pixels make for perfect particle tracking in ALICE
The silicon pixel detector in ALICE has an important role to play in demanding conditions at the LHC
Read article 'Pixels make for perfect particle tracking in ALICE'
Read article '…and time flies for the ALICE detector'
…and time flies for the ALICE detector
During the last week of April, the ALICE experiment’s time-of-flight (TOF) detector was completed and installed in the experimental cavern.
Read article 'CMS completes milestone installation of beam pipe…'
CMS completes milestone installation of beam pipe…
On 10 June the CMS collaboration reached another major milestone when the heart of the detector, the beam pipe, was fully installed after 15 years of complex design and manufacture.
Read article 'GLAST in orbit to explore extreme universe'
GLAST in orbit to explore extreme universe
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) was launched by NASA on 11 June from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read article 'ATLAS: where big wheels are really big'
ATLAS: where big wheels are really big
A look at the huge endcap systems for the ATLAS muon spectrometer.
Read article 'ALICE joins jet set'
ALICE joins jet set
Peter Jacobs describes the electromagnetic calorimeter that will study jets.
Read article 'Milagro maps out gamma-ray frontier'
Milagro maps out gamma-ray frontier
Impressive results from this extensive air shower detector in New Mexico.
Read article 'DAMA strengthens claim of annual modulation with new intriguing evidence'
DAMA strengthens claim of annual modulation with new intriguing evidence
Nine years ago the DAMA collaboration announced intriguing evidence for an annual modulation in the signals in its detectors, which could be evidence of dark-matter particles in the galactic halo.
Read article '…while CMS completes crystal calorimeter'
…while CMS completes crystal calorimeter
The final crystals for the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) arrived from China and Russia at CERN in March, completing a mammoth production process nearly 10 years after the delivery of the fir...
Read article 'LHCb measures its first cosmic-ray muons…'
LHCb measures its first cosmic-ray muons…
The LHCb team has for the first time measured cosmic rays passing through three of the experiment’s subdetectors simultaneously, selected by muon triggers.
