Read article 'CMS tracker sees first cosmic muons'
CMS tracker sees first cosmic muons
The tracker for the CMS experiment at CERN passed an important milestone in March when the first cosmic-muon tracks were observed in one of the end caps.
Read article 'CMS tracker sees first cosmic muons'
Read article 'The world’s biggest neutrino detector gets ready for physics'
The world’s biggest neutrino detector gets ready for physics
After a successful construction season over the Austral summer at the South Pole, the IceCube detector array is now preparing to tackle real physics. Spencer Klein reports.
Read article 'ATLAS tracker takes major strides'
ATLAS tracker takes major strides
At the heart of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), silicon sensors will provide accurate detection of charged particles produced in the collisions.
Read article 'The HERMES gas target: 10 years on'
The HERMES gas target: 10 years on
Erhard Steffens describes the various phases in a successful decade of operation of the HERMES gas target, which may live on with future use for antiproton polarization.
Read article 'CMS drift-tube chambers pass cosmic test'
CMS drift-tube chambers pass cosmic test
The CMS collaboration has for the first time operated a whole sector of drift-tube chambers (DTCs) and detected cosmic muons
Read article 'Super-Kamiokande gets full refit'
Super-Kamiokande gets full refit
Operation of the Super-Kamiokande (SK) II detector in Japan was terminated last October after three years of running to begin a full restoration of the detector.
Read article 'Silicon trackers begin to take shape for CMS and ATLAS'
Silicon trackers begin to take shape for CMS and ATLAS
Over the past few months the silicon microstrip tracker of the CMS experiment has been making steady, and rapid, progress towards meeting its next major target - installation of the complete detector ...
Read article 'KEDR adds new precision to meson mass measurements'
KEDR adds new precision to meson mass measurements
In October 2005 the VEPP-4M collider at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics started its latest run with the KEDR detector.
Read article 'MAGIC and Swift capture GRB'
MAGIC and Swift capture GRB
The MAGIC telescope observed a gamma-ray burst seconds after its explosion was detected by NASA's Swift satellite.
Read article 'Neutrino project on target for Gran Sasso'
Neutrino project on target for Gran Sasso
The CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso project (CNGS) has reached an important milestone with the successful first assembly of the target in a laboratory on the surface
