Report: New radiation detection machines government’s been developing not worth the money

September 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has developed a "scintillating bolometer", a device that they will use in efforts to detect the dark matter of the Universe. The device was developed by researchers from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) and the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS, in France).

July 29th, 2009 Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenicLONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens." A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30.

July 29th, 2009 Study: Tanning beds definitely cause cancerLONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category deeming both to be definite causes of cancer. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens." A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Forming an international team with US experts, an IIT Kharagpur researcher is developing a new in-car yawn-detection system that will keep an eye on a driver while behind the wheel. Aurobinda Routray and his colleagues - including Indian-origin researchers Aurobinda Mishra of Vanderbilt University and Mihir Mohanty of ITER - say that their system will warn a drive to pull over and take a break when he/she starts to yawn.

July 23rd, 2009 CHENNAI - With major opposition parties ranged against electronic voting machines (EVM), the Election Commission has decided to buy new machines for the five Tamil Nadu by-elections slated for Aug 18. Speaking to reporters here Thursday, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta said: "The new machines will have advanced features like reading time wise polling and the number of votes polled at a particular time." He said the new machines were needed as the existing machines were nearly 15 years old.

June 22nd, 2009 New detector not much better catching nuke matterWASHINGTON — Federal investigators say the government's next generation radiation detectors are only marginally better at detecting hidden nuclear material than monitors already at U.S. ports, but would cost more than twice as much.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Textile engineering students have thought up of an answer to one of the prime threats bedevilling NASA space missions: radiation. The students of North Carolina State University (NCSU) have designed a 'blanket' that could shield lunar outposts and astronauts' living quarters from radiation, while generating and storing power.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of students at North Carolina State University, US, has developed a "blanket" of sorts that covers lunar outposts, in an attempt to provide astronauts protection against radiation, while also generating and storing power. Astronauts who previously traveled to the moon had little protection against radiation, but were only exposed to it for a short amount of time.

April 28th, 2009 Conficker adds new weapon: spamSAN FRANCISCO — The giant Conficker computer worm, once feared as an out-of-control Internet doomsday machine, seems to have settled — for now — on trying to make money in very predictable ways. Researchers from Cisco Systems Inc.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study conducted at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, has found that majority of ordering physicians lack knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure and its associated risks. "More than 100 surveys were completed by physicians from various specialties who order CT scans at a tertiary-care teaching hospital," said Jeremy McBride, MD, lead author of the study.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A drug, currently under development, has been found effective in providing protection against damaging effects of radiation exposure. The research team from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has found that experimental drug JP4-039 protects cells from being damaged by radiation exposure.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date, in the form of water vapor contained in a jet ejected from a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. Dr. John McKean of the Netherlands Institute has made the discovery for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON).

April 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that treatment with biphosphonates could prevent radiation-induced leukaemia. Lead researcher Dr Alexandra Miller, a senior scientist at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, said that the study will not only help military and space agency personnel exposed to risky levels of radiation, it will also be beneficial for civilian populations.

April 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Radiation therapy directly over the ovaries should be avoided because they could lead to fertility problems in women, according to a review study. Radiation therapy of the pelvic region can cause ovarian failure or result in damage that makes the uterus unable to accommodate the growth of a foetus.

March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory say that they may have developed a new tool to enhance the way computer chips, LEDs, and transistors are built by reversing a process that converts electrical signals into sounds heard out of a cell phone. The researchers claim that this is the first time that any research team have converted the highest frequency sounds into light by reversing a process that converts electrical signals to sound.