If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.

Image: The microdosimeter instrument consists of small sensors connected to an electronics board, shown here without the casing. Spacesuits integrated with this technology can warn astronauts at the ...

In 1974 Stephen Hawking famously claimed that black holes should emit particles as well as absorb them. This so-called "Hawking radiation" has not yet been observed, but now a research group from ...

Maintaining international nuclear security requires tracking and monitoring fissile materials, such as plutonium and uranium. Standoff radiation detectors, which can measure radioactivity from afar, ...

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford is often pitched to tourists for the opportunity to observe its "working waterfront," and with the coming of things like ferry service and now the offshore wind industry on ...

The issue of nuclear radiation has resurfaced in the minds of many people today. The news we hear in the media encourages us to undertake extra checks in the areas where we live. The latest breaking ...

Nuclear fission has long been a cornerstone of global energy production. With increasing energy demands, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that nuclear capacity will rise by 80% ...

A helicopter outfitted with radiological detection equipment has been making low-altitude flights over New Orleans and surrounding areas since Sunday in advance of Super Bowl LIX. Under the U.S.

The detection of a predicted universal background of gravitational waves rippling across the fabric of space-time was announced last Wednesday by the NANOGrav consortium of over 190 scientists at more ...

Scientists may have found a new way to detect some of the universe's most mysterious objects, primordial black holes (PBHs), using Hawking radiation. This groundbreaking approach relies upon watching ...