This $100 keychain's integrated sensor samples the air 32,768 times per second to let you know how much radiation you're taking in. If you hear two long beeps, the radiation level is relatively low.

Remember when we all thought the threat of nuclear war was a thing of the past? Well, everything old is new again, and now that Iran and North Korea are taking the former Soviet Union’s place as ...

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 ...

World’s first diamond-based nuclear detector . The diamond’s atomic structure is a crucial distinction in Orbray’s methodology. The material, which is made completely of carbon, closely ...

April 12 -- A new tool may soon help protect against the threat of terrorists armed with nuclear weapons or a "dirty nuke" — a conventional bomb laced with radioactive material. And the ...

When the topic is radiation detection, thoughts turn naturally to the venerable Geiger-Müller tube. It’s been around for ages, Russian surplus tubes are available for next to nothing, and it&… ...

Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work Date: October 11, 2019 Source: Aalto University Summary: The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than ...

According to Fact.MR, the global medical radiation detection, monitoring and safety market was valued at around US$ 880 Million in 2020, and is projected to expand 1.7X to top US$ 1.5 Billion by ...

The common thread between the Lighthouse Detector and RadPiper is that their precision can speed up cleanup efforts. Highly accurate radiation detectors, preferably placed on top of robots, can ...

When you think of a radiation detector, you’re probably thinking of a Geiger tube and its high voltage circuitry. That isn’t the only way to measure gamma radiation, though, and [Alan] … ...

This radiation detector could help. News. By Paul Sutter published 1 May 2023 These cosmic rays typically come from the extremely distant universe, ...

A handheld radiation camera developed by University of Michigan engineering researchers offers nuclear plant operators a faster way to find potentially dangerous hot spots and leaky fuel rods.