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Gamma-ray detectors constitute an essential tool in many scientific and industrial applications, ranging from environmental monitoring and nuclear medicine to safeguards verification. Central to their ...

Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, ...

Berkeley – Astronomers around the world recorded late last year the brightest explosion ever of high-energy X-rays and gamma rays – a split-second flash from the other side of our galaxy that was ...

Scientists are testing a new robotic technology to help farmers quickly assess soil health in the United Kingdom. A gamma ray detector, developed by a local Cornish company, is being used to map soil ...

Scientists have been all aflutter since several space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) in October 2022—a burst so energetic that astronomers nicknamed it the BOAT (Brightest ...

Monte Carlo simulations have emerged as an indispensable tool in gamma‐ray spectrometry and detector calibration, offering nuanced insights into particle interactions and detector responses. By ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

When a distant galaxy briefly outshines everything around it in high-energy light, astronomers usually know which playbook to reach for. Gamma-ray bursts tend to fall into familiar categories, either ...