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

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 ...

The university’s scientists demonstrated that cosmic radiation detectors, which measure muons - subatomic particles produced when cosmic rays collide with Earth’s atmosphere - can reveal hidden voids ...

In the mid-1960s, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez had a wild idea. He proposed using muons, highly penetrating subatomic particles created when cosmic rays strike Earth’s atmosphere, to ...

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

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

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 ...