More Accuracy, Less Harm: Cancer Patients Benefit from Heavy Ion Radiotherapy

Over 1500 patients have been treated with the heavy ion radiotherapy in Gansu Wuwei Tumor Hospital since the heavy ion accelerator was put into use in 2020.Staff members adjust devices at a treatment room for heavy ion radiotherapy in Gansu Wuwei Tumor Hospital in Wuwei, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Lyu Shuai)A man surnamed...

Chinese, Foreign Physicists Make New Discovery in Antimatter​

A joint research team made up of Chinese and foreign physicists has observed a new antimatter hypernucleus, by using a heavy ion collider in the United States, marking an important step forward in the exploration of antimatter.This simulated image illustrates the production of anti-hyperhydrogen-4, a new antimatter hypernucleus observed by a joint research team comprising both Chinese and foreign physicists. (Institute o...

China Develops New Generation Heavy-ion Accelerator for Cancer Treatment

Making the equipment smaller will be the future development direction of the medical heavy-ion accelerators. Workers produce components of the heavy-ion therapy facility in Lanzhou Ion Therapy Co. Ltd., in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Yu Fei)In a hospital in Wuwei, no...

Chinese Researchers Synthesize Novel Nucleus Isotopes

Chinese researchers have synthesized two new nucleus isotopes that contain 84 neutrons and 82 neutrons, according to a recent research article published in the journal Physical Review Letters.Chinese researchers have synthesized two new nucleus isotopes that contain 84 neutrons and 82 neutrons, according to a recent research article published in the journal Physical Review Letters.The n...

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