Cosmic rays are high-energy particles from outer space that strike Earth's atmosphere, generating showers of secondary particles, such as muons, that can reach the planet's surface. In recent years, ...

Under cover The new transfer-learning system could be used to identify shipments of illicit nuclear materials. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Gualtiero Boffi) Machine-learning could help us use cosmic muons ...

Deep under the ground at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a brand-new quantum sensor and computing research center called QUIET, and at the surface—100 meters above—sits its twin called LOUD.

Last month, Egyptian officials revealed the first footage of a hidden corridor inside the 4 500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, located on the outskirts of Cairo. Nine metres long and two metres wide, ...

Researchers have mapped a hidden corridor inside Khufu’s Pyramid, the largest of the Giza complex, using nothing more than naturally occurring subatomic particles called muons. The structure, named ...

The world's first cosmic-ray muon detector developed specifically for use in industry-standard boreholes, has been deployed at Orano's McClean Lake site in northern Saskatchewan where it will be used ...

With the naked eye, you can't see the weather in space, or feel the cosmic rays beaming down to Earth—but they can impact critical systems like our climate, computer connectivity, communications and ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have found more evidence that a subatomic ...

The long-awaited first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way that is not predicted by scientists’ best ...

Navigation via cosmic ray muons could supplement GPS in high latitudes, as well as working underwater and underground. The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a contract to UK company ...

Muons, similar to neutrons, are subatomic particles that travel at almost the speed of light and can penetrate deep into matter. They allow scientists to comprehend the atomic scale without destroying ...