Researchers Propose a New Way to Detect Radioactive Material (image)

American Institute of Physics

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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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Joshua Isaacs, et al/ University of Maryland

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