The popularity of smartphones continues to grow with the availability of an ever-growing range of applications. The app, Radioactivity Counter, is designed to measure a person's exposure to radiation.

As noted in Theme 2 in the previous chapter, SI units for radiation measurements are finding increasing use in the United States. Many workshop participants said that the exclusive use of SI units is ...

What do the Curie couple, Henrie Becquerel, Louis Harold Gray, and Ralf Sievert have in common? These radiation pioneers defined the way we measure ionizing radiation. Pierre and Marie Curie created ...

Eleven patients have already been treated since the island’s new radiation therapy facility was officially opened last month. Another 30 have embarked on their radiation treatment pathway with Bermuda ...

Cancer patients receiving radiation therapy will find faster and more comfortable treatment options when a new linear accelerator comes on line in the fall of 2019 at Cayuga Medical Center’s Radiation ...

The US refusal to use SI radiation units is confusing and dangerous. It’s time to make the switch. There are two types of nation: those that use the metric system and those that have put a man on the ...

There are many factors to consider when saying “radioactivity is hazardous.” Here is an attempt to summarize them in five points. Radiation is not an age-old reality; in fact, the discovery of ...

Ellen Anderson is the director of radiation safety and international liaison in occupational radiation protection for the Nuclear Energy Institute. She has more than 35 years of experience in ...