Neutrons

Hidden and unexpected quantum behavior uncovered in simple iron-iodide material

Neutrons piece together a 40-year puzzle behind iron-iodide's mysterious magnetism.

When did earth’s plate subduction begin?

Several billion-year-old rocks tell the story of the planet’s transition from alien landscape to one of continents, oceans, and ultimately life.

How neutrons and protons arrange themselves in the nucleus?

Looking skin deep at the growth of neutron stars.

Measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time

Scientists at Durham University, UK, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, USA, used data from NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER)...

A sub-atomic particle could solve the mystery of dark matter

Despite many decades of study, the physical origin of 'dark matter' in the Universe remains elusive. Scientists at the University of York, in a new...

Scientists measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before

In a recent study, scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before. They discovered...

First stable semiconductor neutron detector

It can fit in your pocket.

Measuring strong magnetic fields using neutrons

In the future, it will be possible to measure the fields of magnets that are already installed in devices and thus are inaccessible by other probing techniques.

How long do neutrons live? Physicists close in on decades-old puzzle

Physicists are drawing closer to answering a long-standing mystery of the Universe: how long neutrons live. Neutrons are electrically neutral particles that usually combine with...

Reaching for Neutron Star

Its been more than a decade, Scientists at the Washington University in St. Louis is following the atomic nucleus. With continuous advancements in studies, they now moved...

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