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NASA, NOAA ready to ask industry for satellite instruments to monitor solar radiation and space weather
11 Apr 2025 21:26 GMT
GREENBELT, Md. – U.S. space weather researchers are making plans to approach industry later this year for a project to design and build two space-based instruments to monitor solar activity that threatens to disrupt RF and microwave systems like radio and …
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This Homebrew X-ray Machine Sees Right Through You — and Most Other Things
10 Apr 2025 19:50 GMT
… is where you get your X-rays from."
When life gives … ."
Now, playing around with X-rays at home is perhaps not … the beam path — capturing the X-rays as they pass through, are … ;don't generate ionizing radiation ['cos] it's …
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Medical radiation professionals highlight ‘placement poverty’ as a key election issue
10 Apr 2025 14:56 GMT
… Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) and … placement poverty’ for medical imaging and radiation therapy students, amid … student in medical radiation science (medical imaging) at the … reporting of chest x-rays from primary care …
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UP-Manila to offer medical imaging certificate courses
09 Apr 2025 03:30 GMT
… (UP) Manila will be offering medical imaging certificate courses in a bid … begin offering certificate courses on medical imaging to radiographers, medical officers, and … Jr.’s directive for a radiation technology undergraduate program in the …
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Quantum Shells Redefine X-ray Detection with Unmatched Speed and Sensitivity
10 Apr 2025 06:54 GMT
… scintillators detect ionizing radiation, such as X-rays and electrons, with … the detection of ionizing radiation. For medical applications, … more efficient at detecting X-rays. Additionally, because less … the performance of radiation detectors and could …
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SpaceX's Fram2 mission achieves first-ever human X-Ray in space orbit
10 Apr 2025 03:03 GMT
… new type of radiation, which he dubbed "X-rays" because of … 's X-ray, taking X-rays of other body parts like …
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Revolutionising space electronics: How TAU Systems’ ultrafast compact accelerators deliver radiation-testing-as-a-service
09 Apr 2025 10:23 GMT
… have created bottlenecks in radiation-hardening processes, making it … of cutting-edge applications, including medical imaging, semiconductor development, and cancer … eliminating traditional barriers to radiation testing while enhancing the reliability …
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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center showcases latest technology in radiation oncology partnership
09 Apr 2025 05:12 GMT
… Elekta Harmony Pro radiation therapy treatment machine. … treatment," Adaptive Radiation Therapy Technical Director … uses high-energy X-rays to treat patients … physicists, radiation therapists, radiation oncologists and other radiation therapy professionals …
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World-first diamond-based nuclear radiation detector can work in extreme temperatures
08 Apr 2025 21:23 GMT
… in high-radiation environments that typically … radiation types, from low-energy diagnostic X-rays to high-energy therapeutic X-rays … accumulated radiation damage.
Historically, radiation detection … significant implications for radiation medicine, nuclear …
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How astronauts took first X-ray in space—and why it matters "
08 Apr 2025 14:04 GMT
Space-based X-ray imaging presents challenges in hardware, methods, and subject positioning.
Devices must be lightweight, miniaturized, and meet strict safety standards due to the confined environment.
The Fram2 team used a specialized X-ray system, …