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 ...

The University of Jyväskylä has developed a new handheld multipurpose detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. They worked on this project with the Finnish Radiation and ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security awarded two contracts for $60.8 million to equip border agents at land and sea ports with newer, high-tech radiation monitors to ...

A new detector system based on the game 'Tetris' could enable inexpensive, accurate radiation detectors for monitoring nuclear sites. The spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KABC) -- When you visit Los Angeles International Airport, you likely will not notice it. As you travel through the airport, hundreds of monitors are sweeping for ...

The persistence of a pair of Oklahoma State University scientists to ensure the successful installation of a working radiator detector on the International Space Station paid off last month. Eric ...

Ionising radiation includes sub-atomic particles and electromagnetic radiation whose energy is high enough to ionise atoms and molecules. The detection and analysis of such types of radiation - which ...

Mark Jadick of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Occupational Health and Safety uses a radiation detector to ensure officer and public safety as a truck is scanned during non-intrusive inspections on ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), today announced the launch of the identiFINDER ® R700 Backpack Radiation Detector, an advanced ...