MEASUREMENTS of the variation of neutron cross-section with neutron energy have been made at Harwell using an electron linear accelerator pulsed neutron source, and a time of flight spectrometer ...

Now, the team have adapted their accelerator to produce higher energy (up to 20 million eV) ‘fast neutrons’, which travel up to 60 million m/s and can kill cancer by attacking the tumour cell ...

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Fast neutrons for atomic displacement research are produced by both the reactor and the 5.5 MV Pulsed van-de-Graaff accelerator. For research and evaluations requiring fast neutrons fluences with ...

Neutron production for scientific users of the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is expected to resume Thursday, July 11.

"This award is a part of the Department of Energy’s Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) program, which is ...

The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside. The private space company Rocket Lab is on track to launch the first of its new ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions ... Canada's national particle accelerator centre, the breakthrough marks the first-ever measurement of ...