Read article 'Terascale Alliance takes off in Germany'
The next big advances in particle physics are expected to happen at the "terascale". The tremendous complexity and size of experiments at the LHC and the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) c...
Read article 'Trieste workshop puts a RICH variety on show'
Ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) counters provide a unique tool to identify charged particles by measuring their velocity, even when it differs from the velocity of light by only one part in 10 million....
Read article 'Detector controls for LHC experiments'
Wayne Salter explains the basis for a new collaborative approach
Read article 'Under control: keeping the LHC beams on track'
Pierre Charrue describes the infrastructure to ensure correct operation
Read article 'Control systems for big physics reach maturity'
The 11th ICALEPCS conference looked at projects around the world.
Read article 'QCD: string theory meets collider physics'
Two fields of physics met at the 2007 DESY theory workshop
Read article 'Barry Barish and the GDE: mission achievable'
Barish talks about his career, life and the future of particle physics and the proposed ILC.
Read article 'Symmetries and hadron dynamics go on the MENU'
Hadron physics investigates one of the open frontiers of the Standard Model: the strong interaction for large gauge couplings.
Read article 'CMS starts underground'
In July 2006, the huge segments of the CMS detector came together for the first time for the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge at the experiment's site near Cessy in France.
Read article 'CMS installs the world’s largest silicon detector'
With more than 200 square meters of silicon sensors, the tracking system for CMS is a world-beater.
