THE determination of all but the simplest radioactive decay schemes necessitates a means of analysis of the γ-rays emitted, so that coincidences may be measured between the various γ-rays, and also ...

THE determination of radioactive krypton in the atmosphere, as carried out by the Radiological Sciences Laboratory, New York State Department of Health (private communication from N. Irving Sax), ...

Since late last year, the silver-short U.S. has been forced to mint silverless “sandwich” quarters and dimes containing a central layer of copper between two thin slices of copper-nickel alloy. Now ...

The clicking of a Geiger counter is well enough known as a signifier of radioactive materials, due to it providing the ...

Can’t find a recently updated survey of radioactivity in your neighborhood? Try [Hunter Long]’s DIY scintillation counter warwalking rig. (Video also embedded below.) What looks like a paint can with ...

Authorized users must equip their laboratories with the appropriate survey instruments in good working order for each radioactive material use laboratory/facility. The Radiation Safety Office is ...

Ever since the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster, there has understandably been an upsurge in the sale of consumer radiation-detecting devices. Most of these gadgets are variations on the Geiger ...

In the late 2000s, as a graduate student in Michelle Hasting’s laboratory at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, I worked on targeting RNA splicing for disease therapy using ...

THE most widely applied technic involving the use of radioactive iodine in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism is the measurement of the thyroid uptake after the oral administration of tracer doses. The ...