Physicists have identified new forms of γ-ray radiation created inside thunderclouds, and shown that levels of γ-ray production are ... you're imaging it with electron microscopy, and then ...

While we typically encourage hackers to make their own tools or machines when practical, x-ray machines don’t usually make that list. Despite the risk of radiation, [William Osman] has done just ...

The team believes their discoveries about electron acceleration and gamma ray production could provide some insights. While the new studies don't solve the whole puzzle, they're an important step ...

In the past, both gamma radiation glows from thunderstorms and intense, short-lived bursts of gamma radiation, known as ...

One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to reveal the nature of dark matter. We know it exists (it constitutes ...

The researchers postulate that this low-level production of gamma radiation acts like steam boiling off a pot of water and limits how much energy can be built up inside. The researchers were ...

Theoretically, if one of these gamma-ray bursts happened within 1,000 light-years of Earth, it could wipe out all life on our planet. Astronomers have cataloged a stunning treasure trove of over ...

The new findings bring storm researchers one step closer to solving the mystery of how lightning forms Rudy Molinek Mass Media Fellow, AAAS An artist's rendering of gamma-ray glows observed during ...

Armed with sensors to measure gamma rays, lightning flashes and microwave emissions, the team conducted 10 flights over storm clouds in the Caribbean and Central America, at an altitude of 20 km ...

Radioactive materials are elements that spontaneously break apart, or “decay,” into lighter elements over time. Radiation is energy that’s released during that process—and it can be dangerous. What ...

During Cold War-era plutonium production at what is now the Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Washington State, aluminum ...