Read article '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 collaboration gathers speed in commissioning its subdetectors.
Read article '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'
RICH detectors get ready for heavy-flavour physics at the LHC.
Read article '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'
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'
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'
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'
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...
Read article 'CMS celebrates the arrival of the last crystals'
The last of the 62,960 lead tungstate crystals arrived at CERN on 9 March, marking the end of a 15 year project for the CMS experiment and the Crystal Clear Collaboration.
