Advanced materials with more novel properties are almost always developed by adding more elements to the list of ingredients. But quantum research suggests some simpler materials might already have ...

Neutron capture in iron nuclei occurs in high-energy environments such as supernovae. Neutron capture results in the conversion of a neutron into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. This ...

There are some 90+ elements of the periodic table that occur naturally in the Universe, but of them all, iron is the most stable. If you fuse lighter elements together to get closer to iron, you gain ...

The experimental campaign on the neutron generation at Apollon: The inside of the target chamber showing the off-axis parabola and some diagnostics. (Courtesy: Julien Fuchs) An astrophysical process ...

Heavy duty A high-energy photonic jet (white and blue) blasts through a collapsing star with a black hole at its centre. The cocoon where free neutrons may be available for the r-process is shown in ...