Read article 'CERN receives a special delivery'
CERN receives a special delivery
The first of eight 25 m coil casings for the ATLAS experiment's barrel toroid magnet system arrived at CERN in March by road from Germany.
Read article 'CERN receives a special delivery'
Read article 'Helping the AMS experiment to detect antiparticles in space'
Helping the AMS experiment to detect antiparticles in space
Particle physicists involved in the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment are eagerly scanning data recorded during a December 2001 NASA space shuttle mission.
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 '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 '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 '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.
