A new dark matter detector is ready to begin its search for the universe’s most elusive particle. The detector is 6,800 feet ...

Semiconductor pixel detectors are an important class of radiation and particle detection devices based on semiconductors, such as germanium or silicon (Si). A semiconductor diode is depleted by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TRIDENT, China's new neutrino detector, floats in a pool. Scientists in China are building the world's largest "ghost particle" ...

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When studying mysterious subatomic particles, researchers use a different kind of particle detector to prevent run-of-the-mill dust particles from getting in the way. If you’ve got physics on your ...

Plastic scintillators have emerged as a robust and cost‐effective alternative to traditional inorganic materials for ionising radiation detection. Owing to their tunable chemical compositions and ...

Alpha particle radioluminescence detection and imaging is an advanced optical technique that capitalises on the light emitted when alpha particles interact with air molecules. When alpha particles – ...

The application of CVD diamond in high energy particle physics, fusion experiments, and neutron sources as vital diagnostic tools has been accelerated by a long-standing development partnership ...

If you want to see neutrinos change flavors, you need a hefty detector. Yale University physicists and others at the Fermilab research facility in Illinois recently helped move a massive, 30-ton ...

Physicists like me don’t fully understand what makes up about 83% of the matter of the universe — something we call “dark matter.” But with a tank full of xenon buried nearly a mile under South Dakota ...