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The BRIL luminosity sub-detectors prepare CMS for a bright Run 3
Calabrese, Capricciosa, Diavola and Margherita – the four modules of the BRIL sub-system – were mounted on the CMS experiment in July 2021
CERN to provide second DUNE cryostat
The Laboratory deepens its collaboration with the US-based neutrino experiment with the provision of two enormous stainless-steel vessels for DUNE’s cutting-edge liquid-argon detectors
SPS experiments are back in action
Experiments restart at the Super Proton Synchrotron, CERN’s second-largest accelerator
ALICE is “FIT” for Run 3 after last new subdetector installation
The Fast Interaction Trigger is the final piece of the puzzle of ALICE’s LS2 subdetector installations
2021 LHCb prize winners
LHCb has awarded its annual prizes for best PhD thesis and for outstanding contributions made by early-career scientists
Data-taking in physics facilities is resuming
With the Proton Synchrotron and its Booster accelerating protons to high energies again, the physics season can start at the ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility and the Antimatter Factory
Greening gaseous detectors
Physicists seek to replace harmful chlorofluorocarbons with novel “eco-gases”
First ATLAS New Small Wheel nears completion
On Friday 28 May 2021, the final "wedge" of the first ATLAS New Small Wheel was installed in the detector. This was an important milestone for the Collaboration, in preparation for the wheel’s installation in the ATLAS cavern later this summer
LS2 Report: An upgraded Inner Tracking System joins the ALICE detector
The two barrels of the largest pixel detector ever built have been successfully lowered into the cavern and stand ready for commissioning