While expanding nuclear energy production would provide carbon-free power and can help countries around the world meet their climate goals, nuclear energy could also come with some inherent risk.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the help of mannequins named Helga and Zohar and sensors placed inside a spacecraft, scientists have collected valuable data about radiation exposure for astronauts outside ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published landmark test results that suggest a promising class of sensors can be used in high-radiation environments and ...

Researchers at Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would use a network of cell phones to detect and track radiation to help prevent terrorist attacks with ...

SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and ...

According to a large team of technical and health specialists, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will be well protected from radiation when the Artemis II mission travels to the moon and back ...

CMOS image sensors, originally developed for conventional photography, have evolved into versatile detectors capable of monitoring various forms of radiation. Their compact design, low power ...

Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare ...

In 2018, researchers even sent one of the Chernobyl molds, a strain dubbed Cladosporium sphaerospermum, to the International ...

A stream of high-energy particles from a distant supernova explosion may have caused a packed passenger jet to suddenly lose ...

The ISL71590SEH, Intersil’s radiation hardened temperature sensor, is named as one of EDN’s hot products for 2014 for the analog category. The ISL71590SEH, though simple in design, was chosen because ...

Researchers have published landmark test results that suggest a promising class of sensors can be used in high-radiation environments and to advance important medical, industrial and research ...