(Inside Science) Scientists have been trying to measure the lifetime of a neutron outside an atomic nucleus for decades, and for the last 15 years, two types of laboratory experiments have provided different answers. In a new study, researchers for the second time have measured the neutron lifetime in a setting far outside the lab space.
(Inside Science) Scientists have been trying to measure the lifetime of a neutron outside an atomic nucleus for decades, and for the last 15 years, two types of laboratory experiments have provided different answers. In a new study, researchers for the second time have measured the neutron lifetime in a setting far outside the lab space.