TAU Systems, a producer of ultrafast, compact laser-plasma accelerators, has announced that it has joined a DARPA-funded initiative to develop new radiation testing capabilities for space-bound ...

Radiation effects are probably the most challenging environment in space and must be considered in any type of space mission, be it the development of a simple experimental payload or a reliable and ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a ...

Cells made with small molecules demonstrated strong resistance to protons, showing no damage after three years of radiation testing. Conversely, cells made with complex polymers lost about half of ...

The helicopters will measure expected background radiation as we prepare for the 2025 Presidential Inauguration. These preparations are to protect public health and safety during the event.

In addition to highlighting the need for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Dave Crete’s story highlights the dangers of explosive nuclear testing ...

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final ...

Residents in Pike County may be facing an invisible threat in their drinking water: Technetium-99 (Tc-99), a radioactive contaminant that, despite its mobility in water and ...

Following a semester of learning the ins and outs of radiation protection, the students were ready to put their knowledge to the test. “We make the practicum as close to a real-world environment as we ...

The nuclear tests conducted by the United States and the then USSR (present day Russia) during the Cold War-era have left ...

A program to compensate uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb testing then developed certain cancers came to an end last summer, but Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich are ...