Read article 'ALMA: a guided tour with Massimo Tarenghi'
ALMA: a guided tour with Massimo Tarenghi
The director of a new large-scale radio telescope explains its goals.
Read article 'ALMA: a guided tour with Massimo Tarenghi'
Read article 'The LOFAR radio telescope detects its first pulsar'
The LOFAR radio telescope detects its first pulsar
Using its first station of distributed radio antennas, the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope has successfully detected the pulsar PSR B0329+54.
Read article 'The ATLAS detector walks another mile'
The ATLAS detector walks another mile
The ATLAS collaboration gathers speed in commissioning its subdetectors.
Read article 'ATLAS toroid endcaps and LHCb beam pipe take their final steps'
ATLAS toroid endcaps and LHCb beam pipe take their final steps
In the early hours of 13 June, the first of the two gigantic toroid magnet endcaps touched the ATLAS cavern floor.
Read article 'LHCb prepares for a RICH harvest of rare beauty'
LHCb prepares for a RICH harvest of rare beauty
RICH detectors get ready for heavy-flavour physics at the LHC.
Read article 'Borexino begins data taking at Gran Sasso'
Borexino begins data taking at Gran Sasso
The Borexino detector is now fully operational at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso.
Read article 'VIRGO opens up new astronomy'
VIRGO opens up new astronomy
On 18 May, the Virgo laser interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves started its first science run at the European Gravitational Observatory, Pisa, marking a step forward towards a new ...
Read article 'THEMIS spacecraft take thin-contact silicon into orbit'
THEMIS spacecraft take thin-contact silicon into orbit
Particle detectors developed for high-energy and nuclear physics often find uses in many other fields. Now silicon detectors with thin entrance contacts have been launched into space aboard the five s...
Read article 'The last module of LHCb’s VELO arrives'
The last module of LHCb’s VELO arrives
After 10 years of hard work the last of the 42 modules for the LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) arrived at CERN in early March.
Read article 'The Inner Tracking System arrives at the heart of ALICE'
The Inner Tracking System arrives at the heart of ALICE
On 15 March 100 physicists and engineers gathered in the ALICE underground cavern to witness the end of a 15 year journey of development, construction, commissioning and testing before the Inner Tr...
