Scientists have created a perovskite-based gamma-ray detector that surpasses traditional nuclear medicine imaging technology. The device delivers sharper, faster, and safer scans at a fraction of the ...

High energy scans or the body looking for tumors or infections could be greatly improved by adopting perovskite detectors instead of the fragile or low-resolution options currently in use, a new study ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy have identified a new category of events that they found to be much more powerful than gamma-ray bursts, called extreme nuclear ...

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, ...

Astronomers have just detected the brightest cosmic flash ever recorded—an ultra-powerful radio burst from deep space that’s ...

More than 100 Connecticut businesses use low-level radioactive materials, mostly for X-rays, CT scans and PET scans.

The radiation you receive from airport body scanners is less than what you get on the flight. It's safe for everyone to use, ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties." ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...