An innovative system, one that tracks radiation beam movement and provides feedback to operators in the form of a color-coded display on the peak skin doses of radiation their patients are receiving, ...

Cherenkov imaging is a valuable cancer treatment tool that can help doctors track and monitor radiation doses received by tissues during cancer therapy in real time. This imaging technique works by ...

When people think of radioactivity, many imagine it converting cute, fluffy animals into scary, green, glowing mutants. But, that's just a myth. Radioactivity is invisible. The reason we associate ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have long studied the color-changing properties of the natural mineral hackmanite upon exposure to UV radiation or X-rays. Now, the research group ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces the latest CIDTEC Cameras & Imagers product to their line of radiation hardened cameras, the ColorRAD for Color imaging in radiation environments. This high ...

Color us shocked and jealous at the new Android 4.0 phone from Sharp -- strange and wonderful even by Japan's highly elevated standards. The eight colors of the 3.7-inch Pantone branded phone from ...

Lithium fluoride (LiF) has long been recognised for its ability to host radiation-induced colour centres, which are point defects in the crystal lattice that absorb and emit light when excited. These ...

Imagine sitting down at the dinner table and not knowing if the food in front of you is safe to eat. For many people in Japan that situation is a reality, and while the government has been issuing ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Radiation is energy that moves from one place to another in a form that can be described as waves or particles. We are exposed to radiation in our everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of ...