Tag: neutron

Atomic nuclei consist of nucleons such as protons and neutrons, which are bound together by nuclear force or strong interaction. ...

A new boron agent drastically improves the effectiveness of boron neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma, demonstrate researchers at Tokyo Tech. ...

Led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced ...

Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators recently measured the masses of several ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- A “beautiful effect” predicted by quantum electrodynamics (QED) can explain the puzzling first observations of polarized X-rays emitted ...

The nuclear physics group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is looking for evidence of new physics in neutrons, electrically ...

An accretion disk is a colossal whirlpool of gas and dust that gathers around a black hole or a neutron ...

A new simulation approach named eTLE aims to improve the precision of a primary tool for estimating neutron behaviours in ...

Osaka, Japan – Scientists from the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University determined the mechanism and functional form for ...

Around 500 million years ago, early vertebrates in the seas became fish, adopting an inner skeleton and a flexible spine ...

FRANKFURT. So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after ...

The European Union has awarded a total of 11.3 million euros over a period of six years to the HEAVYMETAL ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron ...

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory co-operated by the US National Science Foundation’s National Radio ...

A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in ...

How big is an atomic nucleus? How does the size of a nucleus relate to a neutron star? These tantalizing ...

To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild ...

A huge amount of mysterious dark energy is necessary to explain cosmological phenomena, such as the accelerated expansion of the ...

Using the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space, a team of astronomers has found for the first time ...

When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge to form a black hole — an event recorded in ...