Somewhere in the Milky Way, a dead star the size of a city but heavier than the Sun is drifting through space, radiating ...

Neutron detection technologies have evolved markedly in recent years, driven by the imperative for enhanced safety in nuclear energy, improved homeland security measures, and advances in experimental ...

HOUSTON – It’s no secret that radiation is a great danger to astronauts. Most of the research to date concerns the effects of galactic cosmic rays, but what happens to those particles when they pass ...

Perovskite crystals are quickly gaining a name for themselves in the solar energy field, thanks to their impressive ability to convert photons into electricity. But scientists have now tweaked this ...

Protons and neutrons–known collectively as nucleons–are both the building blocks of matter, but one of these particles has received a bit more attention in certain types of nuclear physics experiments ...

Scintillators continue to be a crucial technology in the detection and discrimination of neutrons and gamma rays, offering a versatile solution for applications ranging from nuclear security and ...

In a muon tomography detector, cosmic-ray muons interact with an object and strike scintillators that emit photons. Wavelength-shifting fibers transmit the photons to photodetectors that digitize the ...

Researchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and time. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering ...

Detector robot in PPPL hallway prior to neutron test. Behind robot from left, Harry Fetsch, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Intern (SULI) and Rob Goldston, co-principal investigator of the project.

Neutron clustering measurements at the Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Schenectady, NY. (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) The first ever live ...