How Long Does a Neutron Live? Physicists Make Most Precise Measurement Yet
Physicists use “bottle” method to make most precise measurement yet of a neutron’s lifetime. Particles called neutrons are typically very content inside atoms. They stick…
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Unexpected Substructures in the Fundamental Components of All Matter
Quarks and Antiquarks at High Momentum Shake the Foundations of Visible Matter Jefferson Lab and Fermilab experiments present new results on nucleon structure. Two independent…
Physicists Have Made the World’s Most Precise Measurement of Neutron Lifetime
An international team of researchers has made the world’s most precise measurement of the neutron’s lifetime, which may help answer questions about the early universe….
Long-Theorized Neutron-Clustering Effect in Nuclear Reactors Demonstrated for First Time
Long-theorized phenomenon observed in a working reactor could improve reactor safety, according to a new study. For the first time, the long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in…
Un-Earthly Cold: Scientists Create Exotic “Outer Space” Ice
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully created amorphous ice, similar to ice in interstellar space and on icy worlds…
Nuclear Physicists Work to Unravel Strange Mystery of the Neutron Lifetime
Nine seconds. An eternity in some scientific experiments; an unimaginably small amount in the grand scheme of the universe. And just long enough to confound…
Tracking Down the Mystery of the Origin of Matter: Complex Experiment Runs for 2 Years in Search for “New Physics”
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before. In the process, they found out…
Magneto-Gravitational Trap Provides Precise Measurement of Neutron Lifetime
A study led in part by physicists at the Indiana University Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter could provide new insight into the…
Physicists Reveal a Neutron Halo Around Neutron-Rich Magnesium Nuclei
Using the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory, physicists have revealed that the extra neutrons in a neutron-rich magnesium nucleus produce a neutron halo. Most stable…
Solar Particles Infiltrate Earth’s Atmosphere Causing a GLE
In an attempt to better understand the sun and the space weather system that surrounds Earth, scientists are gathering information and looking at a unique…
Proposed Thorium Neutron-Based Clock Would be Accurate for Billions of Years
Scientists are proposing the building of a hyper-accurate nuclear clock that would lose only one-tenth of a second over 14 billion years, the current age…
Nuclear Clock Accurate to 19 Decimal Places
A newly proposed nuclear clock would be nearly 100 times more accurate than the best atomic clocks we have now, would be accurate to 19…
Nucleons in a Dense Nucleus Exceed 25 Percent of the Speed of Light
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne and Thomas Jefferson National Laboratories have demonstrated that a quarter of the nucleons in a dense nucleus…
Crab Nebula Pulsar Abrupt Acceleration is Ultrarelativistic
The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952) is easily visible through small telescopes, which has allowed astronomers to observe its growth and evolution, ever since its birth…
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Search for “Supersolids”
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are searching for the quantum state of matter called supersolidity. Now conducting research at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source, Hans…
