Its proximity to the supernova remnant HB9 once suggested a supernova birth. However, with only 80 arcminutes separating them ...

In the world of nuclear physics, protons often take the spotlight. But now, for the first time, the neutron has stepped into ...

He published his findings with characteristic modesty in a first paper entitled "Possible Existence of Neutron." In 1935 he received the Nobel Prize for his discovery.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a roaming magnetar of a different origin, indicating the possibility of understanding ...

The discovery was made after precise measurements of the atomic masses of neutron-rich lanthanum isotopes, using cutting-edge technologies that pushed the limits of nuclear mass spectrometry.

Scientists have created the first neutron 'Airy beam,' which has unusual capabilities that ordinary neutron beams do not. The achievement could enhance neutron-based techniques for investigating the ...

The neutron plays a fundamental role in the universe and its discovery was at the heart of developments in nuclear physics in the first half of the 20th Century. Prof Val Gibson tells Melvyn Bragg ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born. "Understanding the birth masses of neutron ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The study elucidates the origin of the large neutron-capture cross section in zirconium-88 (⁸⁸Zr) using a novel methodology. This isotope exhibits an ...

He published his findings with characteristic modesty in a first paper entitled "Possible Existence of Neutron." In 1935 he received the Nobel Prize for his discovery.