What Is a Neutron Star? Besides black holes, neutron stars are among the most baffling objects in the Universe. A neutron ...

A new technique utilizing neutron scattering has revolutionized lithium battery design, promising safer and more efficient ...

The research combined radiocarbon dating with measurements of atmospheric radiocarbon from tree rings to build a chronology ...

Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or ...

Instead, neutrons are held together inside an atom's nucleus solely by something called the strong force, one of the four ...

Spurred on by major technological advances and huge private investment, the United States' nuclear fusion sector could be producing electricity within ten years, industry players say.

"Compelling innovation economics are vital to launching a commercial fusion product on a timescale that matters." ...

Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture. Findings could boost power and safety for lithium batteries. An international ...

. Published by Plenum Publishing Corporation, 233 Spring St., New York, New York 10013, USA; 1996, 462 pages. $110.00. These are trying and yet exciting times for the use of neutrons in structural ...

Although most people are probably familiar with the different energy levels that the electron shells of atoms can be in and how electrons shedding excess energy as they return to a lower state ...

He said using this technology in one cancer therapy in particular, boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), is very promising: “Firing neutrons at boron atoms in certain brain, head and neck cancers can ...