Read article 'Micropattern detectors promise a big future'
As well as being important in particle physics, multiwire detectors have been applied in other fields: X-rays for medical imaging, ultraviolet and single-photon detection, neutron and crystal diffrac...
Read article 'Listening for the music of gravity'
The latest generation of high-precision experiments is bringing observers one step closer to detecting the elusive song of gravity waves.
Read article 'High energies and high altitudes'
A recent meeting in Bolivia looked at the possibilities of mounting new physics instrumentation at the highest-altitude laboratory in the world. Larry Jones reports.
Read article 'CMS calorimeter begins to take shape'
Research institutes all over the world are busy providing components for the experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Read article 'Pulling the trigger on LHC electronics'
The conditions at CERN's Large Hadron Collider pose severe challenges for the designers and builders of front-end, trigger and data acquisition electronics. A recent workshop reviewed the encouraging...
Read article 'Giant step for the ATLAS magnet'
The ATLAS collaboration, which is preparing to do physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, is building a particle detector like none before.
Read article 'Long haul journey gets ‘under’ way'
On 20 October, CERN director-general Luciano Maiani bravely took over the controls of an excavator for the groundbreaking of the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso project.
Read article '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 'LHCb’s Brazilian CARIOCA'
The demands that CERN's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider place on detectors have led the LHCb collaboration to look to Latin flair for a solution.
Read article 'ICARUS prepares to fly'
Taking shape in the Italian Gran Sasso underground laboratory is a large module for the Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signals detector.
