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Neutron research

NIST is at the forefront of basic research with neutrons, and the NIST Center for Neutron Research is a national resource for industry, universities and government agencies.

See Differently With Neutrons at NIST
See Differently With Neutrons at NIST
How neutrons are used by researchers at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).

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Detecting the Flavors of Important Elements With Neutron Depth Profiling

The first five minutes of any presentation I give on neutron depth profiling are usually met with blank stares from my audience. This, I hope, is not something about me, but rather due to the audience’s lack of familiarity with the topic. Neutron depth profiling, which is always shortened to NDP, is a little-known technique that belongs to the rarefied field of radiochemistry. In recent decades

New Report Highlights Economic Value of Neutron Science to U.S. Industry

Cells’ Electric Fields Keep Nanoparticles at Bay, Scientists Confirm

Imaging the Elusive Skyrmion