Yet little is known about Chadwick when compared to his peers, whose names read like a who's who of school science lessons. The shy but steely scientist is credited with discovering the neutron ...

Scientists carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime Jun 11, 2020 Experiment finds evidence for a long-sought particle comprising four neutrons ...

Different neutron states could explain why different experiments produce different figures for how long neutrons survive ...

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering ...

This view of the atomic nucleus changed when James Chadwick discovered the existence of the neutron in 1932, for which he won ...

Researchers using NASA's NICER X-ray telescope discovered a neutron star spinning 716 times per second, making it one of the ...

Physicists have shown that extremely light particles known as axions may occur in large clouds around neutron stars. These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that ...

Engineers can control the reaction by inserting rods made out of a substance that absorbs neutrons, which slows or stops the chain reaction. On Dec. 2, 1942, a group of 49 scientists gathered to ...

The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time, made it ...

Scientists at ORNL used neutrons to see hydrogen atoms, flashing in green, ending a decades-long debate about an enzyme that could target aggressive cancers through inhibitor design. Disclaimer ...

ORNL scientists Victoria Drago and Andrey Kovalevsky used the MaNDi instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source to discover new details of an enzyme that can aid cancer drug design. Disclaimer ...