Scientists have developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. The device can be used by industrial and medical ...

Ever since the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster, there has understandably been an upsurge in the sale of consumer radiation-detecting devices. Most of these gadgets are variations on the Geiger ...

As a radiation safety professional, I'm unfortunately familiar with lugging tons of equipment. In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdowns in April 2011, I traveled to Japan with heavy ...

Members of the bomb squad from the Franklin County sheriff's office hope their new radiation detectors, small enough to hook onto a belt, never have anything dangerous to detect. "This is one of those ...

The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruption. Researchers from Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ...

Ionising radiation includes sub-atomic particles and electromagnetic radiation whose energy is high enough to ionise atoms and molecules. The detection and analysis of such types of radiation - which ...

Prof. Erno Sajo of UMass Lowell’s Department of Physics and Applied Physics, in collaboration with researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston led by Prof. Piotr Zygmanski, has developed a ...

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