Researchers have developed a new material that opens doors for a new class of neutron detectors. The semiconductor-based detector is highly efficient, stable, and can be used both in small, portable ...

Perovskite crystals are quickly gaining a name for themselves in the solar energy field, thanks to their impressive ability to convert photons into electricity. But scientists have now tweaked this ...

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed hybrid perovskite materials that rethink how ...

Research by a Kansas State University professor may help fight the war on terrorism by making it easier to detect weapons of mass destruction -- in particular nuclear weapons. When fully developed ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect individual neutrons and record them over a ...

HOUSTON – It’s no secret that radiation is a great danger to astronauts. Most of the research to date concerns the effects of galactic cosmic rays, but what happens to those particles when they pass ...

APPLICATION: Neutron dose rate monitoring in and about nuclear reactors, neutron sources, neutron generators, customs inspection, etc. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The REM-PUG utilizes an ultra - stable high ...

A new neutron detector made of a layered, lithium-enriched semiconductor material can fit in your hand. Neutron detectors are important in many industries, including space exploration and analysis.

Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal. Researchers at Northwestern Engineering and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new material that opens doors for a new ...