Technically speaking, the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source is the world’s most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons - but the people who run the sprawling facility prefer to think ...

Typically, a neutron on its own would be bouncing around too fast to be trapped and measured. To solve that problem, neutrons are cooled down, which makes the particle slow down to about 18 mph.

Energy Fuels Enters into Agreement to Acquire Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN) Borehole Logging Technology and Equipment; Securing Control over this Critical Technology for U.S. ISR Uranium Production ...

Measurements on Earth show that lone neutrons decay after about 15 minutes, and now scientists have measured that lifetime from space.

Those neutron stars might have collapsed into a black hole after they merged, scientists say.

From that number, astronomers can investigate whether the interior of a neutron star is made of just neutrons or includes exotic particles.

In 2021, LANL logged the most precise measurement yet of the neutron’s life span. A new apparatus aims to get it even more exact.

The new apparatus, which could be in use by next year, would use an elevator mechanism and allow for more neutrons to be loaded into the trap. More neutrons would allow researchers to reduce the ...