Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed radiation-detection pods that can monitor airborne radiation using drones, without endangering human flight crews.

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He continues to monitor radiation levels and distribute his data around campus.

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Founded in 1954 by the son of a traveling X-ray machine installer, the Glenwood, Ill. company makes tools called dosimeters, which measure and monitor radiation exposure.

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An intercontinental project that bridged citizen science, open data, open source hardware, civic hacking and the Internet of things to monitor, share and map radiation data?

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It can be used also to monitor resistance to antibiotics and follow the progression of treatment of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation.

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The father of three admits it was "scary" to read a pamphlet telling him the radiation exposure from each scan, but he was comfortable with the idea that the scans were necessary to monitor cysts associated with his pancreatitis.

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