Construction of the first underwater neutrino telescope, Antares, has recently been completed. Since early June its last two detection lines of have been probing the bottom of the Mediterranean for neutrinos of cosmic origin. Currently 12 detection lines are aimed ...
Largest Particle Detector Almost Ready
Construction of another part of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator at CERN in Switzerland, is nearing completion. The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the LHC project’s four large particle detectors. It will help ...