Improved neutron mirrors can increase the efficiency of material analysis in neutron sources such as the ESS. The improved mirror has been developed by coating a silicon plate with extremely thin ...

Neutron scattering research has improved the quality of many everyday items: Shatter-proof windshields, credit cards, pocket calculators, airplanes, compact discs, and magnetic storage tapes are just ...

Both the fusion and fission energy sectors need the availability of intense neutron sources to aid in their development and solve their fuel cycle problems. Moreover, the availability of neutron ...

Did the chicks of dinosaurs from the group oviraptorid hatch from their eggs at the same time? This question can be answered by the length and arrangement of the embryo's bones, which provide ...

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory — already the world’s most powerful accelerator-based neutron source — will be on a planned hiatus through June 2024 as crews work to ...

to create the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Technically speaking, the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source is the world’s most powerful accelerator-based source ...

The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reached an operating power of 1.55 megawatts, which improves on ...

Drew Marquardt receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Mitacs and the New Frontiers in Research Fund. He is an executive of the Canadian Institute for Neutron ...

The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source has just installed a suite of new instruments at its second target station and is looking to bring in more users from industry Focused on results Four new instruments ...

Casper Rutjes and Ute Ebert trace how our understanding of thunderstorm physics has evolved in recent decades and explain how neutron measurements could produce fresh insights Follow the leader: the ...