There are few things more embarrassing than being caught in an all-out thermonuclear war and realizing that you've forgotten your Geiger counter. To prevent this social faux pas, MTM has released its ...

The issue of nuclear radiation has resurfaced in the minds of many people today. The news we hear in the media encourages us to undertake extra checks in the areas where we live. The latest breaking ...

An affordable Geiger counter has been launched via Kickstarter this month in the form of the Better Geiger Radiation Detector. Allowing you to own your very own Geiger counter featuring a rugged ...

Scenario: your little three-hour boat tour runs into a storm, and you’re shipwrecked on a tropic island paradise. You’re pretty sure your new home was once a nuclear test site, but you have no way to ...

"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 ...

LOW-VOLTAGE halogen-quenched Geiger–Müller counters find increasing applications in many fields, especially for use in portable survey and assay instruments 1. Their chief advantages are: (i) very low ...

ALTHOUGH it is well known that the characteristics of Geiger counters may be very strongly affected by the presence of contaminated gases in the counter filling, very little quantitative work has, ...

As you may recall, a couple of weeks ago I penned a blog titled Is that a Geiger counter in your pocket (or are you just happy to see me)? As part of this I mentioned that I would like to own a Geiger ...

Ecology publishes articles that report on the basic elements of ecological research. Emphasis is placed on concise, clear articles documenting important ecological phenomena. The journal publishes a ...

At this point, atomic clocks are old news. They’ve been quietly keeping our world on schedule for decades now, and have been through several iterations with each generation gaining more accuracy. They ...

Which Geiger counter is best? If you want to monitor radiation levels from a specific source, you need a reliable Geiger counter. This tool can warn you when there is radiation, as well as measure it ...

An inscription on top of the box of this Geiger-Mueller counter reads "Model 2610." A plate on the bottom of the box reads "Nuclear Instrument and Chemical Corporation / Chicago Illinois / Serial 2610 ...