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.
Read article 'Solving the mystery of the missing neutrinos'
In the May 2007 issue, Nick Jelley and Alan Poon looked back at the achievements of the SNO experiment.
Read article 'Spark-proof GEM gives higher gain'
A team from CERN and INFN has developed the resistive-electrode thick GEM, or RETGEM, which offers a high gain while being intrinsically protected against sparks.
Read article 'CMS solenoid makes successful descent'
At 6.00 a.m. on 28 February the heaviest section of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector began its momentous journey into the experiment's cavern, 100 m below ground.
Read article 'RF antennas help unravel cosmic rays'
The first results from the CODALEMA experiment are introducing a new approach for studying very high-energy cosmic rays.
Read article 'ALICE’s TPC arrives at experiment cavern…'
In early January ALICE's time projection chamber (TPC) moved 300 m from the assembly hall to the experiment cavern, taking four days to complete the journey.
Read article '…while ATLAS toroid takes a steady trip'
The first End-Cap Toroid (ECT) for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC has begun the last stage of its journey to the underground cavern.
Read article 'CMS collaboration takes on a cosmic challenge'
During two periods in summer and autumn 2006, the CMS collaboration took advantage of the near-complete assembly of the detector above ground to test its performance with cosmic rays, from support sys...
Read article 'PSI pixels spin off into research with X-rays'
The countdown to the LHC start-up has begun, but even before the first protons have collided, pixel detectors designed for the CMS experiment are being used in other areas.
Read article 'GEM structure makes self-portrait'
In 1996 Fabio Sauli at CERN introduced the gas electron multiplier (GEM) – a new idea for gas amplification in particle detection.
