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Neutron vision

By Davide Castelvecchi

- More than 2 years ago

From New Orleans, at a meeting of the American Physical Society

BEAT SUPERMAN. A neutron beam imaged these Asian lilies inside a lead cask, where X rays cannot reach. Neutrons could be used to detect radioactive materials in cargo. Daniel Hussey/NIST

A new technology for measuring neutrons might help detect smuggled radioactive materials.