“Peat soils have a unique ability to block this type of naturally occurring radiation, drastically reducing the number of ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive ...

Irish researches have created a unique approach involving gamma rays to find more peat soil spread throughout the country.

Radiation-resistant nanomaterials enhance durability in nuclear systems by mitigating damage, improving structural integrity, ...

But there is one problem: space flashes with dangerous radiation, like ultraviolet (UV) light and gamma rays, which can harm living things, including plants. This radiation can damage plants’ DNA and ...

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on ...

BEIJING -- China's cosmic ray observatory has detected ultra-high-energy gamma-ray radiation from the tail region of a pulsar, indicating a robust particle acceleration process in this area ...

Researchers from The Ohio State University have developed a prototype battery that converts nuclear radiation into electricity through light emission. The findings, published in Optical Materials: X, ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...