As the demand for nuclear security solutions grows, distinguishing a benign medical isotope from a potential threat is ...

Neutron detection underpins a wide range of scientific, industrial and security applications, from reactor monitoring and neutron scattering to medical imaging and homeland security. Traditional ...

Neutron detection in scintillation systems exploits the interaction of neutrons with hydrogen or high-cross-section nuclei within organic or inorganic matrices to produce prompt scintillation light.

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 ...

In a muon tomography detector, cosmic-ray muons interact with an object and strike scintillators that emit photons. Wavelength-shifting fibers transmit the photons to photodetectors that digitize the ...

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 ...

Protons and neutrons–known collectively as nucleons–are both the building blocks of matter, but one of these particles has received a bit more attention in certain types of nuclear physics experiments ...

UT Austin scientists were involved in detecting two events, occurring 10 days apart in January 2020, in which black holes and neutron stars collided. For the first time, researchers have confirmed the ...

Detector robot in PPPL hallway prior to neutron test. Behind robot from left, Harry Fetsch, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Intern (SULI) and Rob Goldston, co-principal investigator of the project.