Read article 'Accident ruins major detector'
Accident ruins major detector
On 12 November, thousands of photomultipliers imploded in the huge Superkamiokande detector in Japan, which has produced important results on neutrino physics.
Read article 'Accident ruins major detector'
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe'
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe
Some 2000 metres underground in a working nickel mine, physicists have installed one of the world's most sensitive instruments for observing the universe. Operational since 1999, the Sudbury Neutrino...
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory confirms the oscillation picture'
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory confirms the oscillation picture
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which started taking data in 1999, has announced its first results on solar neutrinos, which confirm the suspicion that something happens to these particles on their ...
Read article 'Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?'
Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?
The big topic of debate at the 9th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation held in February was whether gaseous detectors can still compete with semiconductor technology.
Read article 'Solar telescope CASTs the net for solar axions'
Solar telescope CASTs the net for solar axions
The CERN Solar Axion Telescope, CAST, aims to shed light on a 30-year-old riddle of particle physics by detecting axions originating from the 15 million degree plasma in the Sun's core.
Read article 'Future plans take shape in Beijing'
Future plans take shape in Beijing
At Beijing, the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) was commissioned in 1988 and physicists are now considering the next step.
Read article 'CMS changes to silicon track'
CMS changes to silicon track
The collaboration for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's future LHC collider will base its tracker entirely on silicon sensor technology using fine feature size electronics.
Read article 'Physics in space'
Physics in space
Superconducting tunnel junctions have been developed as photon-counting spectroscopic detectors for ground- and space based astrophysical research. Arrays of tantalum-based junctions have now reache...
Read article 'MINOS to explore neutrino mass'
MINOS to explore neutrino mass
Deep in a former Minnesota iron mine, scientists and government officials recently wielded pickaxes to chip away, at least symbolically, at the mysteries surrounding the subatomic particles known as n...
Read article 'Mirabelle’s 30th anniversary celebrated in Russia'
Mirabelle’s 30th anniversary celebrated in Russia
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the inception of the scientific research programme of the Mirabelle liquid-hydrogen bubble chamber, which was a joint effort between the Institute for High-Ene...
