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 ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], you need a gamma ray spectrometer. The video below reviews the Radiacode ...

Asteroid mining is a potential trillion-dollar industry, but before any prospectors start fitting their mules for spacesuits, surveying is going to be more important than extraction. To help find out ...

Two recent events – one legal and the other technological – have brought asteroid mining a step closer to reality. The legal development came about when the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation ...

Gamma-ray spectroscopy is a pivotal technique in nuclear science, industry and astrophysics, enabling the precise determination of gamma-ray energies emitted from radioactive sources. Recent advances ...

This article discusses simple processes for addressing the random and systematic errors caused by the dead time in a gramma-ray spectrometer. It also explains the applicability of the livetime clock ...

the Odyssey orbiter. Also included are revised versions of all previously released data products from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) and the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) instruments.