Read article 'CMS installs the world’s largest silicon detector'
CMS installs the world’s largest silicon detector
With more than 200 square meters of silicon sensors, the tracking system for CMS is a world-beater.
Read article 'CMS installs the world’s largest silicon detector'
Read article 'Construction of IceCube project at the South Pole reaches the halfway point'
Construction of IceCube project at the South Pole reaches the halfway point
The teams installing the IceCube experiment at the South Pole have completed a highly successful austral summer season, during which they installed 18 detector strings – 4 more than in the baselin...
Read article 'Vertex 2007 prepares for the radiation challenge'
Vertex 2007 prepares for the radiation challenge
A workshop at Lake Placid focused on developments in vertex detectors.
Read article 'Electronics for LHC-era experiments and beyond'
Electronics for LHC-era experiments and beyond
TWEPP ’07 reviewed lessons learnt and looked to future projects.
Read article 'Camera captures image of two-proton decay'
Camera captures image of two-proton decay
In work that harks back to the early days of nuclear physics, an international team of researchers at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) has used a novel ...
Read article 'CERN installs giant CMS tracking detector'
CERN installs giant CMS tracking detector
The world's largest silicon tracking detector is now in its final location in the CMS detector at CERN.
Read article 'ALICE gets ready to pinpoint muon pairs'
ALICE gets ready to pinpoint muon pairs
How to build a muon spectrometer to study hot quark matter.
Read article 'A global network listens for ripples in space–time'
A global network listens for ripples in space–time
The Virgo and LIGO gravitational-wave detectors combine forces.
Read article 'OPERA takes first photographs'
OPERA takes first photographs
The first neutrino event of the 2007 run of the CERN Neutrinos Gran Sasso (CNGS) facility was recorded on 2 October, when one of the many millions of neutrinos in the beam from CERN interacted in the...
Read article 'LHCb installs its fragile precision silicon detector'
LHCb installs its fragile precision silicon detector
One of the most fragile detectors for the LHCb experiment has been successfully installed in its final position.
