Thanks to stints as an X-ray technician in my early 20s followed by work in various biology labs into my early 40s, I’ve been classified as an “occupationally exposed worker” with regard to ionizing ...

What do the Curie couple, Henrie Becquerel, Louis Harold Gray, and Ralf Sievert have in common? These radiation pioneers defined the way we measure ionizing radiation. Pierre and Marie Curie created ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's not a trade, job, or project in the world that wouldn't benefit from a bit of measurement before the work begins. Whether you're ...

Since no standard method for reproducibly irradiating local tumors of laboratory rodents exists, the authors designed a device to accurately irradiate rodent tumors. Laboratory personnel can easily ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Armed with measuring ...

Los Angeles County officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a potentially dangerous device – a piece of construction equipment that uses a radiological element to measure the density of ...