Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

Detecting ever lower amounts of ionising radiation with ever better methods – sci-entists have had this goal since the start of the nuclear age. In addition to natural radiation, mankind is exposed to ...

Twenty-five years ago, the IAEA formed a worldwide network of analytical laboratories to increase global expertise in radioactivity measurement in the environment. Today, the network of Analytical ...

THE breath from patients with radium or thorium in their bodies shows considerable radioactivity. Breath measurements are a useful indication of the type and amount of internal radioactive ...