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 'Milagro maps out gamma-ray frontier'
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.
Read article 'Trieste workshop puts a RICH variety on show'
Trieste workshop puts a RICH variety on show
Ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) counters provide a unique tool to identify charged particles by measuring their velocity, even when it differs from the velocity of light by only one part in 10 million....
Read article 'UA1 magnet sets off for a second new life'
UA1 magnet sets off for a second new life
A magnet built originally for the UA1 detector at CERN and later used by the NOMAD experiment has set sail for a new life in Japan.
Read article '…while LHCb gets data collection on track'
…while LHCb gets data collection on track
On 8 February, the LHCb collaboration succeeded in extracting data from an almost-complete set of detectors.
Read article 'ATLAS puts last piece in puzzle…'
ATLAS puts last piece in puzzle…
The ATLAS collaboration celebrated lowering the final large piece of the detector into the underground cavern on 29 February.
Read article 'ALICE and CMS line up the final big pieces underground'
ALICE and CMS line up the final big pieces underground
With the completion of two major installation projects, nearly all the infrastructure for the ALICE experiment is now in place in the cavern at Point 2 on the LHC ring, near St. Genis-Pouilly in Fra...
Read article 'CMS starts underground'
CMS starts underground
In July 2006, the huge segments of the CMS detector came together for the first time for the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge at the experiment's site near Cessy in France.
