Nuclear reactors are still the primary source for strong neutron beams to create isotopes for geologic dating, radiography and medicine, but researchers have now enlisted engineering students in ...

In collisions of argon and scandium atomic nuclei, scientists from the international NA61/SHINE experiment have observed a clear anomaly indicative of a violation of one of the most important ...

Recent research on a type of reaction called the neutron-proton (np) reaction could help us understand the age of the Earth and build less expensive nuclear power plants. Scientists can determine the ...

Argon is an inert, colorless and odorless element — one of the Noble gases. Used in fluorescent lights and in welding, this element gets its name from the Greek word for "lazy," an homage to how ...

In 1987, astronomers briefly saw a bright new light appear in our sky, as a giant star just 160,000 light years away collapsed and blew itself apart, becoming supernova 1987A. Researchers got a lot of ...