of a nucleus capturing a neutron at a given kinetic energy is called neutron-capture cross section," Thanos Stamatopoulos, first author of the paper, told Phys.org. "The probability across several ...

A re-examination of the distribution of powerful space explosions suggests that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a ...

The construction pit and foundation have been completed for the reactor building of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, ...

The U.S. Constitution prohibits presidents from profiting off the office. Someone should tell President Trump.

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars. These mergers are known to generate gravitational waves, energy-carrying ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small ...

“This opens up a whole new way to control neutron beams, which could help us see inside materials or explore some big questions in physics.” A study announcing the findings appeared in the April 17 ...

Radiation-induced volumetric expansion (RIVE) is a concern for any concrete structures that are exposed to neutron flux and other types of radiation that affect crystalline structures within the ...

THIS IS NEAR. CROSS ROAD. D-O-T MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE WORKING TO DISMANTLE THE DAM, WHICH WAS BUILT INSIDE A CULVERT TO LOWER THE WATER LEVELS. THEY HOPE The road was closed between Cross Road and ...