A new compact neutron generator could make life easier for scientists in fields as diverse as medicine, geology and condensed matter physics. Neutron scattering is widely used to probe the structure ...

While all atomic nuclei except hydrogen are composed of protons and neutrons, physicists have been searching for a particle consisting of two, three or four neutrons for over half a century.

All of us probably know what neutrons are, or have at least heard of them back in physics class. Yet these little bundles of quarks are much more than just filler inside an atom’s nucleus. In addition ...

Is nature really as strange as quantum theory says -- or are there simpler explanations? New neutron measurements prove: It doesn't work without the strange properties of quantum theory. Can a ...

Drew Marquardt receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Mitacs and the New Frontiers in Research Fund. He is an executive of the Canadian Institute for Neutron ...

Yesterday, the people who run NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory announced that they had imaged the longest particle jet yet seen in the Milky Way. The jet, seen in the lower right in the image above, ...

A worldwide collaboration of scientists has announced the most precise measurement ever taken of a neutron's lifetime. How? By giving neutrons a nice long soak in an ultracold "neutron bathtub." Share ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Object EM*N-08430 consists of radon ...