Discerning whether a nuclear reactor is being used to also create material for nuclear weapons is difficult, but capturing and analyzing antimatter particles has shown promise for monitoring what ...

The growing global incidence of cancer is a major factor driving demand for medical radiation detection devices. Additionally, the increasing use of diagnostic imaging technologies such as X-rays, CT ...

Generally, thin window Geiger-Mueller (GM) probes are best suited to detect beta radiation with energies above 70 keV while sodium iodide (NaI) scintillators are best for gamma radiation. For campus ...

Rising use of radioactive materials across healthcare, nuclear power, defense, and industrial sectors is driving demand for ...

A state-owned nuclear company in China has announced that it is beginning to mass produce a world-first chip that can detect radiation. The announcement adds to the long list of semiconductor related ...

Radiation monitoring has long depended on bulky, specialized instruments that are scarce outside hospitals, research labs, and nuclear facilities. Now a wave of research is turning the cameras and ...

A multi-institutional team of physicists and engineers has developed a laser-based radiation detection system that operates ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide accurate radiation readings. The system they created costs less than US$70 and ...

SINGAPORE – A tub of soil, a container full of crushed vegetation and a bottle of clear liquid were part of a package of items sent by the UN atomic watchdog to Singapore in 2025. These items had ...