Read article 'Underground lab open for business'
Underground lab open for business
The expansion of the University of Minnesota's Soudan underground laboratory is now complete.
Read article 'Underground lab open for business'
Read article 'Pierre Auger Observatory in action'
Pierre Auger Observatory in action
On a cold, clear night last May the shutters rolled away from the aperture window.
Read article 'Accident at major detector in Japan'
Accident at major detector in Japan
The extent of the damage suggested some kind of chain reaction in the tubes, with one implosion setting off the next. It happened as the detector was being refilled with water after routine maintena...
Read article 'Antares detector deployment progress is on target for 2004'
Antares detector deployment progress is on target for 2004
The Antares undersea neutrino experiment, scheduled for deployment 2400 m down in the Mediterranean off the south coast of France, successfully laid its sea cable at the beginning of October.
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 '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 'DELPHI goes home to Delphi'
DELPHI goes home to Delphi
Although CERN's LEP electron-positron collider finished operating in November 2000, analysis of the enormous amount of data it produced will continue for some time.
Read article 'Specialists re-evaluate transition radiation'
Specialists re-evaluate transition radiation
Transition radiation is playing an increasingly important role in the armoury of detection techniques for particle physics.
Read article 'Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors'
Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors
Detectors, like people, encounter problems as they get older.
Read article 'Astronomers benefit from particle physics detectors'
Astronomers benefit from particle physics detectors
A new kind of X-ray polarimeter giving greatly improved sensitivity and based on methods developed for particle physics gives astronomers a new handle on X-ray measurement.
