From cosmic rays to CT scans, radiation surrounds us but not all exposure is dangerous. Here’s how to separate fact from fear ...

After decades of fighting, advocates for those who faced radiation exposure in Arizona and elsewhere are getting a big win ...

Global Radiation Shielding Material Market is valued at approximately USD 670.42 million in 2022 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 6.5% during the forecast period 2023 ...

A new class of composites with tunable microstructures offers better shielding from neutron and gamma radiation.

The demand for advanced radiation shielding materials has surged with the growing applications in nuclear energy, medical radiotherapy, and aerospace exploration. Neutron and gamma radiation—two ...

Engineered composite materials offer broad-spectrum synergistic radiation shielding by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Designing power systems for radiation-hardened (rad-hard) and radiation-tolerant space applications is a critical aspect of spacecraft engineering, as these systems must operate reliably in ...

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a place where radiation levels remain dangerously high decades after the 1986 nuclear ...

While spacecraft can shield astronauts from non-ionizing radiation, ionizing radiation—the kind with enough energy to break an electron away from its atom—punches through most protective material.

Volcanic ash can be used as a shield against harmful radiation, a group of researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and National University-Mall of Asia campus has found. ''Radiation shielding ...

It will take improved radiation tolerant PCs and an electromagnetic dust shield. The Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC) is a technology demonstration of a radiation tolerant computer system. RadPC ...