Thanks to stints as an X-ray technician in my early 20s followed by work in various biology labs into my early 40s, I’ve been classified as an “occupationally exposed worker” with regard to ionizing ...

Accident dosimetry and radiation measurement techniques form a critical subset of radiation monitoring, enabling the reconstruction of absorbed doses following unplanned radiological events. These ...

Radiation with enough energy to cause changes at the atomic level is called ionizing radiation. It can damage cells, so it is important to measure its potential health effects – but how? Units ...

(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 ...

Scientists developed a fast DNA damage test for radiation that could guide cancer care and help responders deliver personalized treatment during radiological emergencies. (Nanowerk News) Scientists at ...

When NASA's Artemis I mission launches later this year, its crew will include Helga and Zohar, two manikin models designed in collaboration with Duke University. "Usually these 'phantoms' are virtual, ...

Radiation, used to treat half of all cancer patients, can be measured during treatment for the first time with precise 3D imaging developed at the University of Michigan. By capturing and amplifying ...

In May 2016, close to the northern border of Switzerland, radiochemist Zeynep Talip suited up for the hot laboratory (Hotlab) at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), where experiments with radioactive ...

TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - Japan's transport ministry will start measuring the radiation levels of ships and containers leaving the Tokyo Bay area for foreign ports, it said on Friday, in a bid to ...