Read article 'ATLAS: The making of a giant'
A multipurpose detector, its physics goals range from the search for the Higgs boson and supersymmetric particles to the exploration of extra dimensions and other alternative scenarios.
Read article 'ATLAS: A titan fit for the LHC (archive)'
Archives from ATLAS construction.
Read article 'Gas detectors advance into a second century'
The latest developments in a technique dating back to Ernest Rutherford.
Read article '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 '…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…'
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'
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'
A look at the huge endcap systems for the ATLAS muon spectrometer.
Read article 'ALICE joins jet set'
Peter Jacobs describes the electromagnetic calorimeter that will study jets.
Read article 'Milagro maps out gamma-ray frontier'
Impressive results from this extensive air shower detector in New Mexico.
