DURING the development of the method of coincidence counting for nuclear investigations 1,2, it appeared useful to construct a coincidence counter with a variable electrical resolving time in order to ...

Depending on the circumstances you find yourself in, a Geiger counter can be a tremendously useful tool. With just a click or a chirp, it can tell you if any invisible threats lurk. But a Geiger ...

USING the magnetic focusing method, we have investigated the energy distribution of the positrons emitted by a source of thorium-active deposit. The positrons were registered by counting the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Geiger counters are used to detect and measure levels of radioactivity. Scientists invented the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- David Mercer never knows when he'll get his next 2 a.m. phone call that someone's Geiger counter is clicking. The Los Alamos scientist spends about a week each month on call, ...

How real is the risk, how safe is that airplane flight? March 16, 2011 — -- Despite U.S. consumers' growing awareness of iodide pills, Geiger counters and emergency kits in the wake of Japan's ...