When there’s radioactive meat drifting into your supermarket, you might want a way to screen it yourself. And if you’re in Japan, getting your hands on a geiger counter can be tricky (and expensive).

Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents. However, traditional ...

A new detector system based on the game 'Tetris' could enable inexpensive, accurate radiation detectors for monitoring nuclear sites. The spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Setup of the portable scanning system: a smartphone positioned above an LED-lit chamber for consistent film image capture. Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from ...