Detectors in the dirt September 8, 2017 | Jameson O'Reilly A humidity and temperature monitor developed for CMS finds a new home in Lebanon.
World’s biggest neutrino experiment moves one step closer June 23, 2017 | Lauren Biron The startup of a 25-ton test detector at CERN advances technology for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
LArIAT upgrade will test DUNE design April 13, 2017 | Daniel Garisto In particle physics, the difference of a millimeter or two can make or break an experiment.
A new gem inside the CMS detector March 23, 2017 | Sarah Charley This month U.S. scientists embedded sophisticated new instruments in the heart of a Large Hadron Collider experiment.
Instrument finds new earthly purpose February 23, 2017 | Amanda Solliday Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.
One minute with Farah Fahim, electrical engineer January 11, 2017 | Ricarda Laasch You can’t buy electronics for particle detectors off the shelf. Farah Fahim is one of the engineers who designs them.
Deep learning takes on physics December 6, 2016 | Molly Olmstead Can the same type of technology Facebook uses to recognize faces also recognize particles?
Handy and trendy: MicroBooNE’s new look November 30, 2016 | Ricarda Laasch Technicians, engineers and scientists have draped the MicroBooNE detector at Fermilab in a shiny new exterior that helps scientists separate cosmic ray signals from neutrino signals.
The $100 muon detector August 19, 2016 | Laura Dattaro A doctoral student and his adviser designed a tabletop particle detector they hope to make accessible to budding young engineering physicists.
Preparing for their magnetic moment June 28, 2016 | Andre Salles Scientists are using a plastic robot and hair-thin pieces of metal to ready a magnet that will hunt for new physics.