After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, radiation measurement became newly relevant for a lot of people. Geiger-Müller tubes, previously a curiosity, became simultaneously important and ...

The core of the Geiger counter is the tube that detects the radiation. That’s not something you’ll be able to make on your own (probably) but once you have it the rest of the build comes ...

A team of students from Shasta High School has been selected by NASA to design and test a solution for space exploration, ...

As someone who loves science, Travis, from Rochester, purchased the Geiger counter "just for fun." He was curious to learn more about the nearby background radiation, but the reading in his ...

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Geiger counters can identify radioactive emissions, typically beta particles and gamma rays, and can be used to quantify the radiation a material releases or the radiation absorbed by a human or ...

The ionising effect of radiation is used in the Geiger-Muller ... but the count of radioactive particles detected by a Geiger Muller counter is a useful approximation at this level, and can ...

A survey meter is a portable handheld, electronic instrument used to detect radiation. It is recommended that a ... that only very large quantities of 14C can be detected with a Geiger counter.