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You can't teach old materials new tricks
Feb 16, 2008 |
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A more sensitive, more selective and easily deployable radiation detection material is necessary to meet complex 21st century challenges. In the AAAS symposium “Radiation Detectors for Global Security: The ...
Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Thanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA’s Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive ...
Mammography may increase breast cancer risk in some high-risk women
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening may increase breast cancer risk in women with genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
U.S., Mexico sign nuke smuggling agreement
Apr 17, 2007 |
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Mexican Minister of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens signed a pact to halt nuclear materials smuggling.
Open cancer surgery set to become a thing of the past
Sep 24, 2008 |
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The surgeon's knife is playing an ever smaller role in the treatment of cancer, as it is replaced by increasingly efficient and safe radiation therapy techniques. Progress in radiation technology will also lead to better ...
Technology to detect, treat breast cancer is evolving, improving say researchers, experts
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although breast cancer remains one of the most-often diagnosed cancers in women each year, methods to improve the detection and elimination of cancerous cells are being discovered, developed and tested each ...
Physicists use plastics to detect radiation
Nov 21, 2007 |
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In applications ranging from hospital X-ray machines to instruments for astronomy, the standard way to measure the dose of radiation is to use a detector made from an inorganic semiconductor, such as silicon. It is not easy, ...
Study estimates radiation dose, cancer risk from coronary artery calcium screening
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A study based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 additional radiation-induced ...
Prototype developed to detect dark matter
Sep 25, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR, Spain) and the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS, in France) has developed a "scintillating bolometer", a device that the scientists will ...
European astroparticle physicists to celebrate 100 years of cosmic ray experiments
Oct 02, 2009 |
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From 10 to 17 October 2009, in France, Italy, Spain and many other countries, astroparticle physicists will meet the public to reveal some of the most exciting mysteries of the Universe. Within the first European Week of ...
Shifting sound to light may lead to better computer chips
Mar 16, 2009 |
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By reversing a process that converts electrical signals into sounds heard out of a cell phone, researchers may have a new tool to enhance the way computer chips, LEDs and transistors are built.
Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2008 |
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere.
MRI findings help forecast prostate cancer prognosis
Mar 25, 2008 |
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients about to undergo radiation therapy for prostate cancer can help predict the likelihood that the cancer will return and spread post-treatment, according to a new study ...
High-tech nuke detectors check Puget Sound small vessels for WMD
Sep 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
Prototype Terahertz Imager Promises Biochem Advances
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new imaging system that detects naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. ...
