Image: The microdosimeter instrument consists of small sensors connected to an electronics board, shown here without the casing. Spacesuits integrated with this technology can warn astronauts at the ...

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 ...

If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford is often pitched to tourists for the opportunity to observe its "working waterfront," and with the coming of things like ferry service and now the offshore wind industry on ...

In 1974 Stephen Hawking famously claimed that black holes should emit particles as well as absorb them. This so-called "Hawking radiation" has not yet been observed, but now a research group from ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - As law enforcement gets ready for America’s biggest party on New Year’s Eve, safety is top of mind for every one. Besides having boots on the ground on New Year’s Eve, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) When a patient receives radiation therapy for cancer treatment, doctors must carefully control the radiation dose to target tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. This requires ...

Scosche’s RDTX is a radiation detector for your iPhone. Seriously, it turns your iPhone into a Geiger counter—you just attach the wand to your iPhone and the RDTX will tell you the radiation levels ...

Electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than about 700 nanometers won't activate rhodopsin, and IR generated from body heat is around 9,300 nm. In fact, no known protein is activated by ...