A new detector at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has successfully observed neutrons in configurations and at angles where they had previously remained ...

Almost all the mass of an atom is concentrated in its nucleus in the form of protons and neutrons. Some nuclei are intrinsically unstable, existing for only a short time before decaying into stable ...

A recent study published in Physical Review Letters examines how scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have successfully created key nuclear reactions ...

Neutron analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping researchers better understand a key enzyme found in a bacterium known to cause stomach cancer. Understanding the ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

A neutron star accreting material from a companion star, producing periodic X-ray bursts. Inset shows how the new data affect the temperature dependence of the synthesis flow of chemical elements ...

A new report has surfaced that has revealed that the infamous Chernobyl nuclear facility has seen a steady increase in neutron emissions, concerned scientists gravely. Back in 1986, the Chernobyl ...

The Phoenix neutron generator is installed at SHINE Medical Technologies' isotope production campus in Wisconsin. (Courtesy: Phoenix/SHINE) This breakthrough could prove great news for the field of ...