Richard Crane, Arthur Ruhlig’s thesis advisor, with the University of Michigan accelerator used for experiments. Photo ...

Scientists have replicated a forgotten but crucial experiment that took place in 1938. The first-ever triton-deuterium ...

Neutron stars are the leftover cores of exploded stars and the densest known material in the universe. A typical neutron star has a mass a few times the mass of the sun, compressed into a region ...

They were opened on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the neutron's discovery. The publication of James Chadwick's paper, The Existence of a Neutron, kick-started the field of nuclear physics.

Chadwick shot a staggering 68.6 percent from the field (24 of 35), including 60 percent (6 of 10) on 3-pointers. St. Elizabeth made 18 of 45 shots (40 percent) and went 7 of 27 (25.9) from 3-point ...

James Chadwick of Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory, brightest spot of British science, declared for the existence of neutrons. Ernest Baron Rutherford, director of the Cavendish ...

When British physicist James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, he supposedly said, “I am afraid neutrons will not be of any use to anyone.” The UK’s neutron user facility – the ISIS Neutron and ...

Chadwick’s neutron would become the key to unlocking the secrets of atomic energy. WORLD WAR II AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT. With the onset of World War II, Chadwick’s work took on an urgent new ...

This view of the atomic nucleus changed when James Chadwick discovered the existence of the neutron in 1932, for which he won the Nobel Prize three years later.