Neutron stars are what remain after giant stars collapse, leaving behind a body so dense that its core crushes protons and neutrons into a tightly packed soup. These objects cool very slowly over ...

The 3-D current density and 2-D magnetic fields during the pinch simulation. In the 3D image, the red color represents positive current, while the blue color represents negative current. The 2D image ...

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 ...

Matin Durrani visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US to find out how neutrons are being used to create a unique microscope that can see inside objects that other particles ...