Understanding the nature of radiation damage in materials is of paramount importance for controlling the safety of nuclear
reactors, using ion implantation in semiconductor
technology, and designing reliable devices in
space.
It resides in membrane
spaces that evade ready experimental detection, but in a new study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of
Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have illuminated presenilin using a neutron beam produced by the world's most powerful research nuclear
reactor.