Muon beams can now be created in a device that is the length of a ruler.

The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.

A technological breakthrough at Tel Aviv University revolutionizes the world of archaeology: a proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors ...

Using muon detectors, the team produced detailed images of underground features, including tunnels and cisterns, based on how soil absorbs cosmic radiation. A team of Israeli researchers has developed ...

When archaeology meets physics, new depths are revealed A technological breakthrough at Tel Aviv University offers ...

The detector, known as the Jiangmen Underground neutrino Observatory, or JUNO, is located in between two huge nuclear plants at Yangjian and Taishan. Both of those fission plants create their own ...

Using subatomic particles that rain down from space to effectively see through the Earth sounds like something from an ...

The IceCube observatory detects possible sources of neutrinos in the galaxy NGC 1068, reinforcing the search for the origin ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A neutrino sensor array, ARCA, lines the Mediterranean ...