The National Nuclear Security Administration said it's part of normal protocol.

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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 ...

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 ...

Micross has launched a new radiation detection device aimed at protecting critical electronics during ...

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 ...

Low, looping passes by a radiation-detecting aircraft over the San Francisco Bay Area have rattled residents already on edge ...

(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 ...

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 ...