29th LSC Scientific Committee Meeting
The Scientific Advisory Committee is composed of scientist of international reputation. It gives advice on experimental proposals and monitors the progress of the approved experiments. On this meeting, the experiments BabyIAXO and JASC presented their activities during the last year. DAMIC and ARQ proposals also presented a report and [...]
Master in Physics of the Universe
On 11 and 12 November 2021, LSC staff gave two laboratory practices for the ‘Master in Physics of the Universe’ of the University of Zaragoza. The first day was a practice with the muon telescope and the second day was devoted to gamma spectrometry with germanium and sodium iodide [...]
X International Cosmic Day
One more year the LSC contributed to the celebration of the “X International Cosmic Day” together with the high schools of Jaca I.E.S. Domingo Miral and I.E.S. Pirineos. Students from both schools carried out several activities with our muon telescopes. It ended with a videoconference with other students from [...]
OPENING THE CRYOSTAT OF THE CROSS EXPERIMENT
Members of the CROSS-experiment collaboration are at the LSC this week carrying out works aimed at measuring the vibration of the cryostat’s holding structure and of the cryostat itself to define a vibration function.
BIO Retreat
The LSC held a “BIO-Retreat” given that, as part of its strategic plan, it has initiated the biology research area in the underground laboratory where the implications of low radiation on biological processes will be explored. Experts in Virology, Biochemistry, Mathematics and Physics from centres in Valencia, Madrid and [...]
BIOLOGY BRINGS MORE LIFE TO THE LSC
New installations underground, a lead castle to host experiments in a reduced gamma background and the microbiology laboratory to prepare and manipulate samples, will be ready to host experiments that explore the striking impact of life in absence of cosmic rays since 2022.