Radiation is everywhere: R obert Emery, vice president for safety, health, environment & risk management at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, told Mic plenty of household ...

Because the air near a radioactive source has some charged oxygen molecules ... "Timing of ionization is one of the most sensitive ways to detect initial electron density," said Daniel Woodbury, ...

University of Maryland physicists have developed a powerful new method to detect radioactive material. By using an infrared laser beam to induce an electron avalanche breakdown near the material ...

Mar 25, 2025 23:00:00 Scientists succeed in detecting radioactive material at distances 10 times longer than before using a carbon dioxide laser ...

Detecting excess ionizing radiation by electromagnetic breakdown of air. Journal of Applied Physics , 2010; 108 (6): 063304 DOI: 10.1063/1.3484044 Cite This Page : ...

Ionization detectors have a small amount of radioactive material — specifically Americium 241 — while ... allowing for the potential spread of radioactive contamination to the air, ...

If the term “radioactive material” sounds scary in any amount, I understand. Just remember that we are exposed to naturally occurring radiation every day from the sun, stars, soil, rock, air ...

Photo by spettacolopuro via flickr The Environmental Protection Agency recommends reverse osmosis water treatment to remove radioactive isotopes that emit beta-particle radiation. But iodine-131 ...

The head of Newark’s schools said this week the district will “disconnect” more than 500 air treatment devices that cost nearly $360,000 after a class action lawsuit was filed alleging the ...