Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...

A New Science. The beginnings. The setting ; Rays and radiation ; Becquerel's discovery -- The Curies. Maria Skłodowska ; A consequential meeting ; New elements! -- Rutherford, Soddy, particles, and ...

Scientists call for stronger policy and local testing capabilities after detecting higher concentrations of the nuclear ...

Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp, international nuclear safety officials say, as ...

The future of our spacecraft could all come down to diamonds. While diamonds are often regarded as one of the hardest materials in existence, these hard gems, more specifically radioactive diamonds, ...

Scientists are beginning to read Earth in a different way, not from orbit, but from the surface of the moon. A recent study, ...

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.