Engineers at Libelium, a firm based in Spain, have developed a network of radiation detectors that are being deployed around Japan’s troubled nuclear reactors. Dozens of the battery-powered devices ...

Scientists have developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. The device can be used by industrial and medical ...

To crack down on smugglers trying to sneak radioactive materials into the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security has long used relatively simple but effective radiation detectors in traffic lanes ...

A team of researchers has improved a new generation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials that can improve image quality in X-ray machines, CT scans and other radiation detection and imaging ...