Aluminium nitride (AlN) ceramics have received significant attention owing to their excellent thermal conductivity, robust mechanical properties and potential for radiation resistance. Their unique ...

Two-dimensional materials such as graphene promise to form the basis of incredibly small and fast technologies, but this requires a detailed understanding of their electronic properties. New research ...

Heavy-ion irradiation, as a novel breeding method, has demonstrated high efficiency in creating diverse new mutants. Compared to other physical mutagenic sources, such as X-rays and γ-rays, ...

To develop structural materials for advanced reactor concepts and life extension of existing reactors will require a new paradigm for irradiation testing of candidate materials. This new paradigm is ...

Following carbon-ion irradiation of virtual targets, the researchers scanned the head phantom in a PET/CT system. (CC BY 4.0/Front. Oncol. 10.3389/fonc.2021.621394) Carbon-ion therapy is a promising ...

The safe long term disposal of high level nuclear waste from reprocessing has proven to be problematic worldwide with few countries having a long term strategy. This may be due to a range of reasons, ...

Osaka University-led research team achieves first realization of laser-generated energetic ions. Experimental setup with the large-area suspended graphene target. Click for info. Laser-driven ion ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract There is increasing evidence that two of the biological effects associated with low-dose ionizing radiation, genomic instability and bystander ...

Cultured human kidney T1 cells were allowed to recover between paired doses of X-rays and accelerated heavy ions. Recovery from sublethal doses of X-rays and heavy ions having LET's up to $1650\ {\rm ...

A collaboration involving researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Duisburg-Essen has shown that when graphene is irradiated with ions, or electrically charged ...