Neutron detection technologies have evolved markedly in recent years, driven by the imperative for enhanced safety in nuclear energy, improved homeland security measures, and advances in experimental ...

An experiment more than 10 years in the making has delivered its first glimpse of the hurricane of particles whirring inside subatomic particles called neutrons, laying the groundwork to solve a ...

The Central Neutron Detector installed in Experimental Hall B. Silvia Niccolai and her team at the Laboratory of the Physics of the two Infinities Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), a joint research unit of ...

Scintillators continue to be a crucial technology in the detection and discrimination of neutrons and gamma rays, offering a versatile solution for applications ranging from nuclear security and ...

The very first element on the Periodic Table may be the key to solving mysteries hiding inside the atom’s nucleus. Nuclear ...

A team of researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an ...

In the world of nuclear physics, protons often take the spotlight. But now, for the first time, the neutron has stepped into it. A recent experiment using the U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab ...

On 13 September 2025, 40 researchers came together at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) to discuss the neutron-lifetime ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

ORNL has built a mobile muon detector projected to improve spent nuclear fuel monitoring and tackle a critical challenge for quantum computing. Muons, similar to neutrons, are subatomic particles that ...