What is Cherenkov Radiation?

Cherenkov radiation is a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted when the electrically charged particles that compose atoms.

Lead-cooled fast reactors!

Sandia National Labs SA3000 8085 CPU | The CPU Shack Museum

How to lie about radiation -

Drinking a beer a night for a year is a lot less harmful than drinking 365 at once. Radiation is similar.

The Eerie Story of Low Background Steel

Bandits are plundering metal from old shipwrecks, in search, it seems for the world's rarest, and strangest, metal.

The natural clocks that can pinpoint someone's time of death

When something dies, a telltale radioactive signal ticks like a natural clock. Discovering it helped us solve all sorts of natural mysteries.

Norway to Monitor Airborne Radioactivity in Svalbard

From October 1st, the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority will take over the operations of an air filter station near Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard. “This will be particularly important for nuclear preparedness in the north,” says section leader in the agency.

The Chernobyl Disaster May Have Also Built a Paradise

Some scientists think the radioactive, human-free landscape might now be a haven for plants and animals.

Low-background steel

Post-nuclear steel is a little bit radioactive, so for some specialist jobs we need to find a source of steel from before the bomb

Antenna Basics: Radiation Patterns, Permittivity, Directivity, and Gain - Technical Articles

Antennas allow information to be transferred to distant locations. In the second part of this Antenna Basics series, you will learn more about the physics of how antennas work.

The man who hunts 'hidden' radioactive objects

Most of us try to avoid radiation, but not Andrew Walker, who collects radioactive objects. The surprising part? These items can be found in a variety of common places.

A satellite engineer explains the challenges of space electronics