Gamification A new design inspired by Tetris could reduce the cost and boost the accuracy of accurate radiation detectors used for monitoring nuclear sites. (Courtesy: Ella Maru Studio) Inspired by ...

What do bananas, smoke alarms, toilets and large granite buildings have in common? They're all sufficiently radioactive to set off detectors. Efforts since 9/11 to prevent the detonation of a dirty ...

A smartphone camera can make you a walking gamma ray detector. Without needing any extra hardware, you could get a warning on your phone when you're approaching potentially harmful levels of gamma ...

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) --A handheld radiation camera developed by University of Michigan engineering researchers that offers nuclear plant operators a faster way to find potentially dangerous hot spots and ...

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 ...

A SOLID, capable of detecting as well as measuring the amount of radiation and composed of several easily controlled organic molecules that can be prepared economically, has been devised for ...

Wireless real-time radiation sensor networks offer the general public and those that work in high radiation areas greater protection against radiation hazards. Combined with real-time localized and ...

A lighthouse is built to shed light on rocky waters, the light turning at the top of a tower to illuminate sections of a dark shoreline that might harm incoming boats. Researchers from Los Alamos ...

Portable radiation imaging systems are making nuclear decontamination and decommissioning tasks less expensive, quicker and safer for workers, as Victoria Anderson Matthew explains Ready for ...