The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has ...

They worked on this project with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). This multipurpose detector is ...

The thicker the substance, the more the radiation is absorbed. Alpha, beta and gamma radiations penetrate materials in different ways. Alpha radiation is the least penetrating. It can be stopped ...

When we think of radioactivity, images of nuclear reactors or radioactive waste often come to mind. However, radiation is a ...

Gamma radiation does not consist of particles but as short wavelength, high energy electromagnetic radiation emitted from unstable nuclei. It is normally emitted alongside alpha or beta radiation.

Our own bodies - muscles, bones, and tissue - contain naturally occurring radioactive elements. Man has always been exposed to natural radiation arising from the earth as well as from outside the ...

Uranium can pose a slight external hazard mainly from low-energy gamma and beta radiation when directly handling the material (potential skin effects). Uranium is primarily an alpha particle emitter, ...

This is basically a measure of how much punch the radiation packs. For example, alpha particles, which are relatively massive helium nuclei, are weighted 20 times higher than beta, gamma ...