Learn more about the colorful and shiny stones that were turned into tools as many as 40,000 years ago, which were sometimes ...

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

Mining has been something humans have been doing for thousands of years and it continues to be a major industry even today.

Neutron activation analysis, or NAA, is a promising technique that has recently found employment in the field of medicine. It is also important for geological sciences. The method has been used to ...

Scientists have used neutron scattering to identify the secret to a metal-organic framework's (MOF) ability to efficiently convert chemicals, through a process called catalysis, into new substances.

Today, neutron activation is a method used to research and test indoor air quality, for example at schools and fitness centres, by helping to determine the quantity and origin of pollutants in the air ...

International research team from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society finds early humans in ...

Large Sample Neutron Activation Analysis (LSNAA), a non-destructive analytical technique, is comparable to the more established Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) and can be used for the analysis of ...

"Using prompt gamma neutron activation analysis, light atoms and hydrogen in particular can be detected very precisely," she continues.

THIRTY-TWO fragments of Roman samian ware have been analysed for their sodium and manganese content, using neutron activation and γ-ray spectrometry. They were chosen from at least 10 of about 30 ...

Neutron-Activation Analysis This powerful analytic tool is now routinely used in a wide range of disciplines to measure the concentrations of trace elements, often in amounts less than a billionth ...