(Nanowerk Spotlight) When a patient receives radiation therapy for cancer treatment, doctors must carefully control the radiation dose to target tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. This requires ...

Earth’s radiation budget through lunar observations. This method promises to overcome many of the limitations faced by current satellite systems, offering a comprehensive, consistent, and ...

NASA has already set a date for a mission that will study how space radiation affects humans on the surface of the Moon.

In recent years, we have seen a marked increase in the demand for the construction of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. Many efforts have been undertaken for the production ...

Radiation with enough energy to cause changes at the atomic level is called ionizing radiation. It can damage cells, so it is important to measure its potential health effects – but how? Units ...

It is convenient, therefore, to start this chapter with a description of the two basic radiation patterns of sound sources. Figure 18.1a shows an ideal point source that, as a function of distance, ...