Read article 'Raising the dead detectors'
The RD39 collaboration at CERN investigates heavily irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures. Its results show that, below 100 K, such detectors can be brought back to life. T...
Read article 'Perfect rose'
The Rose collaboration (RD48: R&D on silicon for future experiments) at CERN has tackled the same problem as RD39,
from a different angle but with similar success. Its approach is "defect engineering...
Read article 'Making tracks for the LHC'
Pictures ultimately provide the most graphic record of of particle interactions. For CERN's LHC collider, sophisticated electronic "eyes" at the heart of the big ATLAS and CMS detectors will pick up ...
Read article 'HERMES heralds insight into nucleon spin'
In which direction do quarks point? The HERMES experiment using DESY's HERA electron ring and an ingenious system to control the spin of the electron beam is poised to reveal new insights into the...
Read article 'A GEM of a detector'
A particle detection technique developed at CERN promises increased performance for major new physics experiments or anywhere where the detection of charged particles is needed, such as radiography...
Read article 'SLAC B-Factory makes progress'
After achieving its first electronpositron collisions this summer, the PEP-II B-Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was formally dedicated on 23 October.
Read article 'NESTOR approved'
On 10 August, the Greek government formally approved the establishment of a national NESTOR Institute for Deep Sea Research, Technology and Neutrino Astroparticle Physics.
Read article 'Beauty is in the eye of the LHC beholder'
The LHCb experiment has been formally approved for CERN's LHC collider.
Read article 'MACRO-scope'
The Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory (MACRO) is an underground muon detector at Gran Sasso, which is now adding to the evidence for neutrino oscillations.
Read article 'KODEL establishes Korea as major physics player'
Marking the emergence of Korea as a major player on the world physics scene, the Korea Detector Laboratory was established this year under director Sung Keun Park of Korea University, Seoul.
