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neutron irradiation

Neutron bombardment should not be an issue during reactor operation

Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation.

The two-dimensional spatial distribution of mass

New insights into how mass is distributed in hadrons

Scientists calculated the trace anomaly for both nucleons and pions.

The Radiation Detected Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy setup, located downstream of the UNILAC accelerator, rotating target wheel and velocity filter, SHIP.

Researchers explore the nuclear structure of fermium and nobelium isotopes

The study shed light on what happens at the extremes of neutron and proton numbers.

atomic nucleus

Atomic nucleus unveiled: A glimpse at quarks and gluons

This long-standing deadlock has only now been broken.

neutron-star merger

Neutron-star mergers: Shedding light on Quark matter mysteries

Determining the bulk viscosity based on string theory and perturbative QCD.

CROCUS reactor

A new gamma-ray method for monitoring nuclear reactors non-invasively

The new method can improve nuclear safety and treaty compliance.

A row of rings with the word love on them

A new method to characterize the properties of one of the four fundamental forces of nature

New Beta-Decay measurements in mirror nuclei pin down the weak nuclear force.

MIT scientists discovered “neutronic” molecules.

Neutrons can bind to quantum dots, study

MIT scientists discovered “neutronic” molecules.

Simulation of neutron star collision.

New technique to improve nuclear waste treatment facilities

Measuring neutrons in nuclear waste could pave the way for safer nuclear waste treatment.

different layers inside a massive neutron star

Massive neutron stars hiding cores of deconfined quark matter

The result was reached through massive supercomputer runs utilizing Bayesian statistical inference.

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A never-before-seen form of Oxygen observed for the first time

Physicists observe Oxygen-28 for the first time.

Image showing SANS-1.

A non-toxic and sustainable cleaning agent for painting

New cleaning agent for artworks investigated with neutrons at the FRM II.

atomic structure of GeTE

New camera with a shutter speed of 1 trillionth of a second

Researchers could now understand how materials move heat.

Image showing atomic nuclei

Study sheds light on the nature of atomic nuclei

Nuclear popcorn: Heavy nucleus changes shapes at different energies.

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Scientists developed a new quantum tool in a groundbreaking experiment

Scientists recreate properties of light in neutral fundamental particles called neutrons.

gas-filled recoil separator

Physicists find new Isotope Actinium-204

It is the lightest actinium isotope so far discovered.

Andrey Shirokov, left, of Moscow State University in Russia, who has been a visiting scientist at Iowa State, and James Vary of Iowa State are part of an international team of nuclear physicists who theorized, predicted and announced a four-neutron structure in 2014 and 2016. Archive photo by Christopher Gannon for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Tetraneutron – An Exotic State of Matter discovered

It could lead to a better understanding of how the universe is put together.

Image showing Neutron

Scientists aim to pin down neutron spin

Recent work will use the forthcoming Electron-Ion Collider to investigate what contributes to a neutron's spin.

Image representing new isotope magnesium-18.

Researchers created lightest version of magnesium to date

First Observation of the Four-Proton Unbound Nucleus of Magnesium.

Artistic representation of the interaction between a proton and a ɸ meson

Scientists studied the residual interaction between hadrons

ALICE takes the next step in understanding the interaction among hadrons.

high-efficiency ultracold neutron detector

Physicists measured the lifetime of the neutron more precisely

The measurement will help put theories about the nature of the universe to the test.

Image showing nucleus

Detecting neutrons using a simple and cheap device

Photovoltaic perovskites can detect neutrons.

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