LOS ALAMOS, N.M., — A neutron spectrometer designed and built at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory is closing in on Mars aboard NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey. A similar Los ...

“You bet, I’m really excited about this flyby,” said William C. Feldman, a Senior Scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute and Cognizant Co-Investigator for the Neutron Spectrometer ...

Cold Neutron Triple-Axis Spectroscopy is a vital experimental technique in condensed matter physics that exploits the long wavelengths and low energies of cold neutrons to investigate subtle dynamical ...

(Inside Science) — Scientists have been trying to measure the lifetime of a neutron outside an atomic nucleus for decades, and for the last 15 years, two types of laboratory experiments have provided ...

Installation of a neutron diagnostics system in the laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. Cracow, 10 September 2025 - In the Universe, ...

The high-resolution neutron spectrometer HRNS. The yellow structural elements surround the TPR system designed at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. The ...

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's first high-energy direct-geometry inelastic neutron scattering time-of-flight spectrometer, an instrument for observing the structure and dynamic properties of ...

Recent discoveries made by the ASU-led team behind the Curiosity rover suggest that in order to further investigate Mars, humans may soon need to join their robotic companions in space. When looking ...

Describing matter under extreme conditions, such as those found inside neutron stars, remains an unsolved problem. The ...

In the universe, thermonuclear fusion is a common reaction: it is the source of energy for stars. On Earth, producing energy using this process is difficult due to problems with controlling the plasma ...