Read article 'Weapons abandoned in favour of detectors'
The Cold War once absorbed a tremendous amount of resources and talent on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Particle physics is now at the forefront of a major, international effort that is refocusing...
Read article 'Physics in space'
Superconducting tunnel junctions have been developed as photon-counting spectroscopic detectors for ground- and space based astrophysical research. Arrays of tantalum-based junctions have now reache...
Read article 'First major CMS production is over'
The first major contract for the CMS experiment at CERN's LHC was completed last month when the last of 120 forged iron blocks rolled off the production line at the Izhora factory, St Petersburg.
Read article 'CLAS at Jefferson offers a new subnuclear view'
In Experimental Hall B at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer has opened a new "window" on the building blocks of matter: mesons, nuclei and n...
Read article 'ATLAS solenoid coiling is complete'
The coil winding for the central solenoid magnet of the forthcoming ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has been completed.
Read article 'Avalanche photodiodes come of age'
In the search for optimal performance under difficult conditions, experiments for CERN's LHC are exploiting new technologies.
Read article 'SAMBA talks detector applications'
High-energy physicists are proud that their instrumentation, which was developed for their research, has widespread applications in other fields.
Read article 'ACCESS intercepts cosmic rays'
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is coordinating a study, by an international collaboration, of a high-energy cosmic-ray instrument for the International Space Station.
Read article 'Neutron facility to open at CERN'
A new facility is set to join the CERN experimental programme from April 2000.
Read article 'Assembly of CMS magnet begins'
The world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet for the CMS experiment at CERN's LHC collider recently took an important step towards completion when the first ring of its barrel yoke was ass...
