Read article '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'
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'
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'
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
Read article 'ITEP gives scintillation counters new START'
Scintillation counters, with their simplicity and fast response, have been the quintessential tool for triggering in particle physics since they were first coupled with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) so...
Read article 'KamLAND detects geoneutrinos'
The Kamioka liquid-scintillator antineutrino detector (KamLAND) has made the first observation of "geoneutrinos".
Read article 'ATLAS calorimeter records cosmic-ray events underground'
On the evening of 21 June, the ATLAS detector, now being installed in the underground experimental hall UX15 at CERN, reached an important psychological milestone: the first cosmic-ray events were rec...
Read article 'Thinking big: the next generation of detectors'
The conference on the Next Generation of Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detectors looked at the development of new, large-scale detectors. Alain de Bellefon reports.
Read article 'Telescope takes next step to high-energy frontier'
In April, while Lake Baikal in Siberia was iced over, the neutrino telescope 1.1 km below the surface was successfully upgraded with three additional strings. Renamed NT200+ it is tailored to search ...
Read article 'ClearPET offers improved insight into animal brains'
An efficient new PET scanner for the small animal brain, developed by the Crystal Clear collaboration, is now in production.
