(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 ...

When a nuclear accident or terrorist attack affects thousands of people, medical teams face an impossible question: who was exposed to life-threatening radiation doses and who can safely go home?

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 ...

A detector developed at the University of Bristol which uses diamonds to measure radiation levels is set to be tested in Japan. Scientists say the gadget uses diamonds as they can withstand extremely ...

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This Japanese device turns your smartphone into a nuclear radiation detector for just $70 (Bantan et al., 2026, Radiation Measurements, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ) Researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan ...

Silicon carbide radiation detectors represent a significant advance in semiconductor technology due to their wide bandgap, robustness, and high-temperature tolerance. These detectors are engineered 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 ...

Innovative ideas on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, uncrewed aerial systems and other technologies can be used to enhance existing radiation detection capabilities for nuclear security ...

Horiba has been granted a patent for a radiation detector featuring a radiation detection element and a circuit element housed in a closed space. This space, positioned away from the detection surface ...