Sentences with phrase «detecting radioactive material»

Now researchers from the University of Maryland have proposed a new technique to remotely detect the radioactive materials in dirty bombs or other sources.

Researchers have proposed a new way to detect radioactive material using two co-located laser beams that interact with elevated levels of oxygen ions near a gamma - ray emitting source.

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A radioactive material has been detected in the groundwater below the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County.

A radioactive material has been detected in the groundwater below the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County and New York's governor Saturday called for state officials to investigate.

The old, slow test detected the auto - antibodies using radioactive materials, took several days, could only be performed by highly - trained lab staff and cost several hundred dollars per patient.

In its 2017 Budget - in - Brief, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lists among its priorities allocating $ 103.9 million for radiological and nuclear detection equipment «to keep U.S. ports of entry safe and secure by detecting and interdicting illicit radioactive or nuclear materials.»

Nuclear medicine — a vital component of the rapidly emerging field of molecular imaging — is a medical specialty that uses small amounts of radioactive materials bound to special compounds (radiopharmaceuticals) in combination with imaging instrumentation that examine molecular processes in the body to detect and evaluate disease, such as brain disorders, heart disease and cancer.

Such tests are often performed by injecting a small amount of radioactive material into the blood and tracking its path with cameras that detect radioactive decay.