Physics World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Could their immense toll of human suffering – an estimated 210,000 deaths, plus hundreds of thousands of survivors injured and sickened by radiation – have been avoided by warning Japan’s generals of the bomb’s power and demanding they surrender? 2021 University of Chicago Press $35.00hb 528pp. Celebrating a century of nuclear isomers.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The Altiplano plateau in western Bolivia has some of the world’s highest and most consistent levels of solar radiation, creating a high potential for solar photovoltaic power in the region, but structural challenges may prevent scaling. Photo credit: Anyisa / Alamy. By Santiago Espinoza. More small plants and storage.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2021

DEP has conducted several investigations into potential radiological contamination associated with unconventional oil and gas waste, including a large-scale investigatory study of Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) in 2016, as well as testing of leachate from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill (WSL).

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Physics World

JUNE 29, 2022

New photon-counting CT systems inherently provide spectral information without requiring a dual-energy acquisition and offer better spatial resolution, improved contrast-to-noise ratio and lower radiation dose than conventional energy-integrating detectors.

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HumanNature

APRIL 11, 2022

Guest Post by Fionna Samuels , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Luckily, researchers in the 1990s developed a few chemical cocktails to protect cells from the intense cold, like antifreeze in a radiator. You may have guessed that exposing slices of plant tissue to liquid nitrogen is quite traumatic. Bonnart, R.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Indeed, it is understandable why people might fear radiation given that you can’t see it – yet the same can be said of the air that we breathe. Despite these benefits, nuclear power tends to suffer from relatively poor public perception and not knowing it is low carbon could be due to a lack of education.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The meeting is being held at the Penn State Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd. Click Here for a copy of the full agenda. in State College from 10:00 a.m. To join the meeting by conference call, dial 712-770-8026 and use Conference Code: 915098.

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Physics World

MAY 23, 2022

A wide range of technologies are available to reduce human intervention and increase efficiency in various tasks. Tsang noted that automation in radiotherapy is a popular topic, with the number of published studies on this theme increasing from 30 in 2011 to 381 in 2021, and many talks in this area at the ESTRO congress.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The latest Teaching Green environmental education newsletter from the Department of Environmental Protection features these articles and more-- Education Standards During the public comment period over 1,400 comments were received addressing the proposed revision of the PA Science, Technology, Environment and Ecology Standards.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

We’d created a whole new industry for ourselves, with technology fragmentation resulting in a significant training burden and maintenance overhead as a result of QA hardware and software tools being sourced from multiple equipment vendors.”. It’s all about the numbers.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Courtesy: SCIPROM 2021). The particular use of a medical radionuclide depends on its physical characteristics, such as its radioactive half-life and the type of radiation it emits. Courtesy: ©CERN 2018-2021). The first call for proposals will be launched before the end of 2021 for applications in the first quarter.

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Physics World

AUGUST 6, 2021

It was only by assuming a convenient heuristic about microscopic vibrations that Max Planck was able, in 1900, to develop a theory for how hot bodies emit radiation – specifically, he assumed the vibrations are quantized. 2021 William Collins £20hb 320pp. It was Einstein , of course, who was bold enough to take that idea literally.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. 15 Webinar On Technology & Tips For Volunteer Management Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series Starting Nov.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. We believe we must take a science-based approach and prioritize policies and technologies that enable us to liberate nature and elevate humanity.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. But if deployed at scale, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could be crucial in reaching net-zero global emissions by 2050.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Significant Economic and Environmental Gains Can Be Achieved by Applying Best Available Technology in the Oil Sector in the Arctic.” From behind you hear a sudden sputtering sound and an old car passes by, leaving you in a black cloud of exhaust.

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Breezometer

MAY 23, 2022

Can climate resilience technology help businesses protect people and property from such devastating wildfire events? Much like big volcanic eruptions, the smoke from fire tornadoes can block radiation from the Sun and potentially cause temporary climatic cooling. Is climate change making ‘firenadoes’ more likely? What is a Firenado?

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And unlike unproven technologies, such as carbon capture and sequestration, or dangerous ones like solar radiation management, modern contraception has been proven safe and effective. Reference: Philip Cafaro, Climate ethics and population policy: a review of recent philosophical work , WIREs Climate Change (2021).

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Physics World

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ultrahigh-dose-rate FLASH radiotherapy – whether using electron, proton or photon treatment beams – is shaping up as the “next big thing” in radiation oncology research. 2021 Characterization of an X-ray-tube-based ultrahigh-dose-rate system for in vitro irradiations Med. mm long, 0.5 D Cecchi et al.

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Physics World

JULY 26, 2021

The myQA SRS is being billed as a “game-changer” when it comes to the complex task of verifying stereotactic treatment plans in the radiation oncology clinic – enhancing treatment quality, workflow efficiency and patient safety in the process. Stepanek, for his part, will present full results of the UHBW study at ESTRO 2021 next month.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Radiotherapy plays an essential role in the management of cancer, with roughly half of all cancer patients receiving radiation as part of their treatment. Each of these steps helped to improve dose coverage of the tumour being targeted, while reducing unwanted radiation being delivered to normal tissues within the body.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

NIF can also be used to generate x-rays and gamma-rays which are used to study radiation hardness of weapons components and assemblies. This was nearly double the previous record at NIF , achieved in August of 2021 but not repeated since. At the same time, NIF is part of a new technological arms race. A bumpy road to fusion.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

When it comes to patient QA, the James A Haley Hospital is a long-time RadCalc customer, with the product a key enabling technology in the “second-check everything” default setting of the radiation oncology department. “We We like RadCalc functionality a lot – as well as all the support that comes with it,” Robinson adds.

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Physics World

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has approved the new facility for neutron-beam commissioning,” explains Liisa Porra, project manager of the work-in-progress facility and a medical physicist at Helsinki University Hospital. Figure 1: The key enabling technologies in Helsinki University Hospital’s BNCT facility. (A)

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Photon-counting technology enables dramatic improvements in diagnostic imaging, including increased resolution and a reduction in radiation dose by up to 45% over conventional CT detectors. Speaking at a media briefing, Fischer described the main differences between conventional and photon-counting CT technology.

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Physics World

MARCH 21, 2022

Ongoing advances in CT technologies have enabled clinical teams to access higher quality images that have enabled more precise targeting of the tumour while minimizing the damage to healthy organs and tissues. “The radiation oncologist can decide which energy provides the best contrast for contouring organs.”

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Physics World

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) will once again welcome delegates to its annual meeting, which is due to take place in Chicago, IL, on 24–27 October 2021. More than 160 exhibitors will also make their way to Chicago’s McCormick Place to showcase their latest technologies for cancer care.

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Physics World

MAY 26, 2021

A ground-breaking R&D collaboration between clinical physicists at MedAustron and their industry partner IBA Dosimetry , a German supplier of independent QA solutions and services to radiation oncology clinics, is rewriting the rulebook on patient-specific QA for proton therapy.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Today, we are revealing the 10 finalists for 2021, which serves as a shortlist from which we will pick the winner. In addition to having been reported in Physics World in 2021, selections must meet the following criteria: Significant advance in knowledge or understanding. Of general interest to Physics World readers.

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Physics World

MAY 4, 2022

By predicting our planet’s appearance across interstellar space, we can tease out the tell-tale signatures of habitability, biology and even technology. By predicting our planet’s appearance across interstellar space, we can tease out the tell-tale signatures of habitability, biology and even technology. New eyes on alien worlds.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Quantum technology has made great strides over the past two decades and physicists are now able to construct and manipulate systems that were once in the realm of thought experiments. Here are the nine runners-up that make up the rest of the Physics World Top 10 Breakthroughs for 2021. Of general interest to Physics World readers.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

The Penn State study follows others that found health concerns related to the naturally occurring radiation in drill cuttings and wastewater from the oil and gas industry. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Of Health Awards $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

There's no kind of technology that you can roll out for the bedrock that would prevent these problems. The deep earth is not just full of hydrocarbon vapors, but also full of radiation. So there's no kind of containing that. And of course, regulations cannot stop air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Public Health -- Berkeley Lab: Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector ( April 2021 ) “Switching from coal to natural gas for power generation played a big role in lowering carbon emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2021

House To Vote Next Week On Expanding PFAS Regulation Impacting PA, Other States -- Utility Dive: Clean Electricity Standard Lands Spot In $3.5

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA and plaintiffs challenging the January 2021 TSCA risk management rule for the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decide) filed a joint motion in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to set a briefing schedule for the challenge.[[N:Alaska 21-70168 (9th Cir.)]] The proceedings had been stayed since April 2021 at EPA’s request.

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