When you think of a radiation detector, you’re probably thinking of a Geiger tube and its high voltage circuitry. That isn’t the only way to measure gamma radiation, though, and [Alan] has a ...

The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a ...

The high-energy gamma ray detector that Carl Willis used to analyze the soviet smoke detector, located in his spare bedroom. He digs further into this analysis, using the ratio of plutonium to ...

They worked on this project with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). This multipurpose detector is ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new gamma-ray millisecond pulsars using the Murriyang radio telescope at the Parkes Observatory in Australia. The discovery was ...

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Previous flares observed from the distant galaxy consisted of a few gamma rays per minute hitting the team's detector over several days. Another member of the team, John Finley, assistant professor of ...

A new way to locate peat soils using gamma ray detectors mounted on aircraft has been developed by Irish scientists. Most of Ireland’s peatlands emit carbon because of land drainage and peat ...

Using a gamma camera - special gamma ray detector - these areas can be located. Medical instruments are too expensive to be thrown away once they have been used, so they are washed several times ...