Q-weak Experiment Determines Proton's Weak Charge
Scientists make the first experimental determination of the weak charge of the proton and extract the weak charges of the neutron and up and down quarks.
View ArticleSilicon-32 is an Important Radiotracer in Assessing Global Climate Models
The DOE Isotope Program restores an important inventory of the radioisotope silicon-32 (Si-32).
View ArticleNew Science on the Horizon as Upgraded Particle Accelerator Meets...
The recently upgraded CEBAF accelerator delivers its highest-energy electron beams into a new experimental complex for the first time.
View ArticleImproving the Availability of the Therapeutic Radionuclide Astatine-211
Investigators at the University of Washington have developed methods that consistently provide high production and recovery yields of astatine-211.
View ArticleRadiokrypton Dating Identifies Ancient Antarctic Ice
Researchers count the number of radioactive krypton-81 atoms remaining in ice using a laser trap.
View ArticleSTAR Heavy Flavor Tracker Detects Signs of Charm at RHIC
New detector component picks up particles composed of heavy quarks to probe primordial quark-gluon plasma.
View ArticleSpin and Parity Measurements of the Elusive Lambda(1405) Particle
First description of common particle’s properties provides insights into the nature of the universe.
View ArticleProtons Hog the Momentum in Neutron-Rich Nuclei
New research could change our view of neutron stars and other systems with neutron-rich nuclei.
View ArticleDOE Isotope Program Announces Availability of Radionuclide Generators for...
Lead and bismuth systems are being produced to fill the nation’s need for short-lived, alpha-emitting isotopes.
View ArticleAntiquark Makes Positive Contribution to Proton Spin
Scientists shed new light on a proton's spin, refining our understanding of nuclear physics.
View ArticleJetting into the Moments after the Big Bang
Upgraded capabilities ready to explore quarks and gluons ready at the Large Hadron Collider.
View ArticleUp and Down Quarks Favored Over Strange Ones
The proton's primary building blocks, up and down quarks, are produced more often than strange quarks in scattering experiments.
View ArticleDiscovered: Tiny Drops of “Perfect” Fluid that Existed in the Early Universe
Particles colliding at nearly light speed reveal information about the true nature of matter.
View ArticleThe Majorana Demonstrator: First Module of Germanium Detectors Comes Online
The Majorana experiment begins its search for neutrinoless double-beta decay.
View ArticleA Large-Area Detector for Fundamental Neutron Science
New scalable cost-effective ultracold neutron detector has many applications.
View ArticleLaser Detection of Actinides and Other Elements
New technique measures uranium, thorium, and palladium with efficiencies up to 500 times greater than current standard.
View ArticleA Nobel for Neutrinos: Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass, garners the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
View ArticleA Nobel for Neutrinos: Super-Kamiokande
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass, garners the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
View ArticleProbing Nuclear Reactions in Stars
Novel experiments measure unusual thermonuclear fusion of Hydrogen with a rare Oxygen Isotope.
View ArticleProject 8 Detects Individual Electrons by their Cyclotron Radiation
New electron spectroscopy technique may lead to an improved neutrino mass determination.
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