RECENTLY the recording of coincidences between Geiger counters has become of considerable interest, and several experimental arrangements have been described for this purpose. 1 A common property of ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: September 30, 1882, 136 years ago today, and COUNTING ... the day the future physicist Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger was born in Germany. Geiger ...

The issue of nuclear radiation has resurfaced in the minds of many people today. The news we hear in the media encourages us to undertake extra checks in the areas where we live. The latest breaking ...

A Geiger counter, also known as the Geiger-Muller tube, is an inexpensive and useful instrument used to quickly detect and measure radiation. There are two types of radiation, non-ionizing and ...

A METHOD for the assay of tritium has been described by White, Campbell and Payne 1, who convert radioactive water into methane by means of aluminium carbide and then ‘count’ the methane in the ...

Japan's nuclear meltdown in the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 earthquake inspired the creation of a grassroots radiation sensor network and a homemade Geiger counter for ordinary citizens. The DIY ...

Which Geiger counter is best? If you want to monitor radiation levels from a specific source, you need a reliable Geiger counter. This tool can warn you when there is radiation, as well as measure it ...

When thinking of radiation, rarely do we consider the levels inside our homes, but a Minnesota resident shocked the internet after revealing the unexpectedly high levels he discovered. In a viral ...