Researchers in the US have developed a mobile muon detector that has the potential to revolutionize spent nuclear fuel monitoring and address a critical challenge in quantum computing. Physicists and ...

Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) and the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) have developed a novel top veto tracker system for the Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) experiment.

Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

When Debaditya Biswas was a high school student in India, his math teacher, Dr. Satyabrata Das, sparked his interest in physics. "Before I joined his class, I was really not sure what I was going to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) Using muon detectors, ...

Archaeologists and physicists have achieved a breakthrough in historical exploration by using cosmic-ray muons to map ...

Scientists have directly observed muonic molecules in resonance states for the first time, using a high-resolution X-ray ...

As rich ore gets harder to find, the mining industry is using subatomic particles to map rock deep underground ...