At CERN, scientists from the AEgIS collaboration led by a team of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with a resolution of about 0.6 micrometres, a 35-fold improvement over previous real-time methods. The detector was developed at the research neutron source FRM II.

Dr. Eric Mauerhofer from Forschungszentrum Jülich and his colleagues at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Cologne have published new findings on the gamma emissions of nickel, zirconium, lanthanum, and praseodymium. These elements are indispensable materials for sustainable energy systems and high-tech industries. Using the FaNGaS (Fast Neutron-induced Gamma-ray Spectrometry) instrument from Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ, their study provides valuable insights into these critical raw materials, supporting their effective application in advanced technologies.

An international research team has characterized a new material, which could be applied to separate deuterium from hydrogen. Deuterium is for example needed as fuel in fusion reactors.