Members of the target design team pose next to the 2.0-megawatt-capable mercury flow target they developed. Credit: Genevieve ...

Oak Ridge Lab's Spallation Neutron Source reached 1.7 MW with a new target for 1,250 hours, ahead of a 2025 review.

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have achieved a big breakthrough in neutron research. They ran a neutron production system for 1,250 hours using a 1.7-megawatt proton beam. This ...

As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering ...

— 1988: Beijing Electron Positron Collider, China's first high-energy accelerator. — 2001: ShenGuang-II Laser Facility, one of the few high-energy fusion lasers internationally. — 2007: Experimental ...

Steven Lamoreaux is an atomic physicist whose research has contributed to our understanding of the dark matter that is bound ...

David McClintock is a materials scientist supporting research and development activities for target systems at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is ...

China has successfully launched six lunar probes so far. From Chang’E-1 to Chang’E-4, they completed the circling, landing and roving exploration, of which Chang’E-4 was the first landing on the far ...