For years, astronomers puzzled over the mystery of where the heaviest elements in the universe—like gold, uranium, and ...

Study reveals that high-energy cosmic rays are born in magnetic fields during neutron star mergers, a prelude to black holes.

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that ...

These interactions release electrons which, accelerated by intense electric fields, produce gamma radiation when they interact with air molecules. The exact process leading to the formation of TGFs ...

The collision of two lightning-bolts-in-the-making spawned an exceedingly brief but extremely energetic flash of gamma rays. This first-of-its-kind observation may help explain an origin of some ...

Brasilia – The IAEA will facilitate the transfer of a gamma cell irradiator ... uses ionizing radiation to sterilize male insects mass-produced in special facilities. Once released, these males mate ...

A new study shows that scintillator crystals, which emit light when exposed to gamma radiation ... nuclear waste, and cobalt-60 (also a byproduct of fission) is used in radiation therapies.

Nuclear reactors produce electricity with very few greenhouse gases ... The gap reflects the higher energy gamma rays from cobalt-60. Engineers keep refining designs to make the most of each gamma ...

While it does not produce carbon emissions ... created a battery that uses a special material known as a scintillator. This material absorbs gamma radiation from nuclear waste and emits visible light, ...

“We do not produce or carry a radiation source; instead, this device is designed for locations where intense gamma radiation is already present,” Cao said. “The beauty of this approach is ...