News tagged with nuclear detector

Physicist creates scale model of LHC ATLAS experiment of out LEGO blocks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has generated a lot of news of late, e.g. the announcement that a team had found what it believes ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (17) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Japan firm creates radiation-detecting plastic

Japan's Teijin Chemicals Limited said Wednesday it had created a plastic that emits a blue light when exposed to radioactivity, which it says will lead to cheaper radiation detectors.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Nuclear fears spark rush for radiation detectors

A scare over irradiated food from Japan has sparked a global rush to buy radiation detectors, US dealers said, with most reporting they have no more stock to sell.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neutrino detector starts measurement

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Double Chooz collaboration recently completed its neutrino detector which will see anti-neutrinos coming from the Chooz nuclear power plant in the French Ardennes. The experiment is now ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Table-top nuclear materials detector shows exact location of radiation sources

(PhysOrg.com) -- A table-top gamma-ray detector created at the University of Michigan can not only identify the presence of dangerous nuclear materials, but can pinpoint and show their exact location and type, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Physicists Use Underground Lab to Detect Rare Particles, Peek into Earth's Center

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a delicate instrument located under a mountain in central Italy, two University of Massachusetts Amherst physicists are measuring some of the faintest and rarest particles ever detected, geo-neutrinos, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

High-tech nuke detectors check Puget Sound small vessels for WMD

More than 300 trained maritime law enforcement and first responder personnel from federal, state, local and tribal agencies participated in an operational maritime exercise in Puget Sound this week. Maritime law enforcement ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Mechanical and nuclear engineers receive award for top-100 technology product of 2009

A neutron detector created at Kansas State University has been named one of the top 100 technologies of the year.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0