Science highlights
Neutrons and muons provide extraordinary insights into the microscopic structure and dynamics of matter and materials, allowing researchers to tackle challenges across many scientific domains. Browse the science highlights from LENS members to find out more.
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Making the gray cells happy
Depressive disorders are among the most frequent illnesses worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood. The...
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Metals with memory
When metallic objects change their shape seemingly without any external influence and only according to the will of their owners,...
BNC concrete
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008884621001897#f0055
Microstructure of concrete: neutron & X-ray tomography reconstruction
An international Korean-Hungarian-Polish team combined neutron and X-ray tomography and finite element calculations to relate the complex polymineral microstructure and...
The geant4 model of the Compton-suppressed Budapest PGAA spectrometer
Monte-Carlo calculated detector response functions to unfold radiative neutron capture spectra
A complete set of detector response functions, i.e. the gamma spectra corresponding to incremental gamma-ray energies up to 12 MeV,...
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Nanomaterial fights back against resistant bacteria
Significant amounts of antibiotic residues and pathogens enter the environment via our wastewater. A German Italian team of researchers has...
Plane wing
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Neutron diffraction enables wing quality to soar for Airbus
Airbus, a global leader in the aerospace sector, accessed STFC facilities and expertise to assure weld quality in welded aluminium...
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Neutron reflectometry reveals SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces lipid stripping from cell membrane
Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)...
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https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/neutrons-detect-air-pollution.html
Neutrons detect air pollution
Portuguese scientists have analysed lichens from areas with traditional charcoal production for the first time with the help of the...
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Neutrons detect clogs in pipelines
Industry and private consumers alike depend on oil and gas pipes that stretch thousands of kilometers underwater. However, it is...
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Neutrons expose the insides of an antique pendant
Thanks to the non-destructive examinations using neutrons, researchers identified miniscule bone fragments inside the object, presumably religious relics.
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Neutrons help track down mammalian ancestors
A team of German and Argentinian researchers has used neutrons in the FRM II research neutron source at the Technical...
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Neutrons show how water moves in permafrost
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have now investigated a related effect at interfaces between ice and...