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The Nuclear Reactor as a Research Instrument

The blizzard of neutrons in an atomic pile may be channeled to probe the nature of matter. Their application in ingenious experiments makes important contributions to basic physics

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 189 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Nuclear Reactor as a Research Instrument” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 189 No. 2 (), p. 23
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0853-23