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China produces its first neutron beams

By Zhang Zhihao in Dongguan, Guangdong | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-02 08:14

China has become the latest country to create neutron beams - which can examine subatomic materials without damaging their structure - an advance expected to lead to new discoveries in material science, clean energy and medicine.

The beams were first produced on Aug 28 at the China Spallation Neutron Source in Dongguan, Guangdong province, making China the fourth country in the world, after the United States, United Kingdom and Japan, to have a neutron beam source.

"This is a major milestone for Chinese scientists. The lab will help us solve some of the nation's most difficult scientific issues," said Chen Hesheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the manager of the project.

China produces its first neutron beams

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