Detecting radiation is key to technologies ranging from particle accelerators and scientific instruments to medical imaging ...
A new congressionally mandated National Academies report is bringing renewed attention to those questions, recommending a ...
Terahertz waves, known as non-ionizing radiation, can turn into ionization radiation when sufficiently many terahertz photons are focused in space and time. A team led by scientists in Korea and the U ...
Aircrew members receive the largest mean annual effective dose of ionizing radiation of any occupational group in the US,” a ...
The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...
Most people interpret radiation as a bad thing—but it isn’t always. In fact, radiation is a very normal phenomenon. For now, let’s just say that radiation is when an object produces energy. When a ...
(a) Conversion of nuclear energy into chemical energy remains to be developed. (b) γ-Ray radiation-induced ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water. HVL: half-value layer. This study develops an ...