Hiroshima University researchers unveil a $70 smartphone radiation detector as Japan cautiously revives nuclear power.

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Nuclear track detectors offer a robust means for recording and analysing the passage of ionising radiation through sensitive materials. These detectors, frequently ...

Radiation can wreak havoc on the human body when it's exposed to high doses or for prolonged periods of time. The world understood this in horrifying detail after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi ...

Researchers have detected higher than normal levels of iodine-129 in the West Philippine Sea. This radioactive isotope, ...