PNNL physicist Brent VanDevender worked with an interdisciplinary team to examine the effects of environmental radiation on the performance of experimental quantum computing devices. RICHLAND, Wash.— ...

How to keep stray radiation from 'shorting' superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it. Now is the time to banish low-level radioactive ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...

Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Fear of radiation is a staple of the post-WWII era. Assumptions ...