While we often get a detailed backstory of the projects we cover here at Hackaday, sometimes the genesis of a build is a bit ...

NASA's Van Allen Probes have been exploring the radiation belts surrounding Earth for just three months. But already, they've collected measurements of high-energy particles and radio waves in ...

Everything around us is flowing with radioactive energy. Take the bananas in your kitchen, which are loaded with potassium -- they build muscle strength and make your heart healthy. And a tiny ...

Generally, thin window Geiger-Mueller (GM) probes are best suited to detect beta radiation with energies above 70 keV while sodium iodide (NaI) scintillators are best for gamma radiation. For campus ...