Medical linear accelerators (linacs) have revolutionised cancer treatment by delivering precise high-energy photon and electron beams, yet the production of secondary neutrons remains a critical ...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – One of the world’s leading neutron science facilities is souping up its already powerful particle accelerator, and the project just reached a major milestone: The final segment of ...

The facility produces neutrons by accelerating protons down a 300-meter-long linear accelerator, around an accumulator ring and into a liquid mercury target. Upon impact, a “spall” of neutrons is ...

Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped with the wires needed to control the instruments inside. A beam of particles passes through the ...

While the European Spallation Source will be the most powerful source of neutrons in the world, David Burman looks at a proposal to modify the facility’s linear accelerator to also produce an intense ...

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a non-invasive therapeutic technique for treating invasive malignant tumours. It relies on the use of neutrons for the generation of energetic alpha particles ...

Sean Liddick receives funding from the Department of Energy . Artemis Spyrou receives funding from the National Science Foundation in the U.S. Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a ...

Glioblastoma is an aggressive malignancy and accounts for about 15 per cent of all brain tumours. Even when initially controlled by treatment, the cancer almost always returns. Surgery and ...

The UK’s neutron and muon source, ISIS, has emerged from a major vacuum upgrade that will give researchers better tools for studying the structure of matter, reports Sunil Patel Growing demand A ...