Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in collaboration with engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a mobile, handheld mechanically cooled germanium ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection has won an order for RadSeeker, its next-generation, portable radiation detector and identifier, from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The hand-held ...

Ever since the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster, there has understandably been an upsurge in the sale of consumer radiation-detecting devices. Most of these gadgets are variations on the Geiger ...

Portable radiation detectors generally perform well enough to meet new consensus standards but provide inaccurate readings for certain types of radiation, according to recent tests by the National ...

Portable radiation imaging systems are making nuclear decontamination and decommissioning tasks less expensive, quicker and safer for workers, as Victoria Anderson Matthew explains Ready for ...

Pine Brook, NJ - November 2006 – Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of explosives trace and X-ray detection systems, today announces it has been awarded a contract with a potential total ...

This may be one of the strangest accessories for the iPhone and iPod touch I have seen in a very long time. Scosche has rolled out a new accessory called the RDTX pro portable radiation detector. The ...

A portable new radiation detector could provide a much better way of monitoring pollution and detecting so-called “dirty” nuclear weapons, according to its inventors. The unit uses germanium crystals, ...

Before the action starts, the official status of this fancy new gadget is “Out of Stock”. Don’t worry, since Scosche is hard at work on new models for their best-selling portable radiation detector.

Each day on Long Island, hundreds of police officers take to the roads to protect New York City from the unthinkable. Wearing portable radiation detectors on their belts, officers in Suffolk and ...

NIST researcher Leticia Pibida uses a hand-held radiation detection device to check the cargo of truck trailer. Contact Gail Porter for a high-resolution photograph. Portable radiation detectors ...