radioisotope

New CBRN KIT Combines Industry Leading Equipment with Training Program  -  21 Aug 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),About the Company: Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments is a leading supplier of X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors and Spectroscopy systems, portable Radioisotope

AmerGen Plant Back on Line  -  Jul 23, 2007
Forbes,The pump mishap occurred on July 17 and led to the release of about 1 curie of tritium, a weak radioisotope found naturally in the environment and also

NASA rover managers increasingly anxious with state of Opportunity  -  Aug 1, 2007
iTWire (press release),In addition, both rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, contain eight radioisotope heaters that help the electrical heaters maintain the electronics and batteries

Mars Rovers Delayed by Dust Storm  -  Jul 30, 2007
Technology News Daily,Each rover has eight radioisotope heater units that supplement electric heaters for keeping batteries and electronics within their operating temperature

Voyager spacecraft celebrates 30-years of going where no man has ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
NetworkWorld.com,Their long-lived radioisotope thermoelectric generators provide the power. · The Voyagers call home via NASA's Deep Space Network, a system of antennas

Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years of Flight  -  Aug 20, 2007
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Their long-lived radioisotope thermoelectric generators provide the power. "The continued operation of these spacecraft and the flow of data to the

A clearer view of heart disease  -  Jul 25, 2007
Chemistry World,Radiotracers are compounds that contain a radioisotope, most commonly technetium-99m, which allows the progress of the compound to be tracked through the

Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years of Flight  -  Aug 20, 2007
NASA,Their long-lived radioisotope thermoelectric generators provide the power. "The continued operation of these spacecraft and the flow of data to the

Into eternity  -  Aug 16, 2007
The Statesman,Both run on nuclear power, thanks to the small quantity of plutonium-238 each carries on board in its Radioisotope Thermal Generator.

Securo-prof claims to invent new, much deadlier dirty bomb  -  Aug 10, 2007
Register,No need to bust into any hospitals or hang around the radioisotope bazaars of Central Asia for any of that, is there? And you'd kill a lot of people.

New techniques for measuring blood volume  -  Aug 16, 2007
News-Medical.net,A recently approved test using a single radiotracer provides faster and more convenient results than previous "double-labeled" radioisotope techniques.

DRAXIS Files DRAXIMAGE(R) Sestamibi in Europe  -  Jul 25, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe radioisotope Technetium-99m is attached to the sestamibi molecule forming Tc-99m Sestamibi. When injected into the bloodstream this radiopharmaceutical

New hand-held 'gamma camera' for better detection of breast cancer  -  Aug 12, 2007
NewKerala.com,The camera works by detecting gamma rays emitted by tumours that have been labelled using a radioisotope, a process which is done by infusing a radioactive

Thyroid cancer: a risk  -  Aug 6, 2007
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier,Important tests include Blood tests, Ultrasound thyroid scan, Thyroid radioisotope, scan and aspiration cytology. Surgery, radioactive iodine and

DoD Offers $1 Million for Wearable Power Supply  -  Jul 25, 2007
Slashdot...well-shielded radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RITEG) that'll fulfill the specs? It could put out nearly constant power for 100 years or so.

Fujifilm Life Science Expands Imaging System Product Offering  -  Aug 1, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Fujifilm Life Science, the leader in chemiluminescence, fluorescence, and radioisotope imaging technology, announced today the availability of the LAS-4000,

XRF- A Reality Check  -  Jul 27, 2007
Lead-Free MagazineThis is a function of an XRF’s source being either an x-ray tube or a radioisotope. The source must produce x-ray or gamma-ray photons with higher energy

BMH nuclear lab gets accreditation  -  Jul 24, 2007
Muncie Star Press,During nuclear cardiology testing, the heart is evaluated at rest and during exercise using a small amount of radioisotope during the non-invasive procedure

NASA AIP FYI #80: FY 2008 House NASA Appropriations Bill  -  Jul 26, 2007
Space Ref (press release)Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) are required for these spacecraft. Future missions to Europa, Enceladus, or Titan are examples (the Cassini probe now

Lymph node involvement in advanced gastroesophageal junction ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAs already seen in radioisotope lymphography 29 and reported in clinical studies, 8,9,30,31 lymphatic pathways are mainly directed toward the abdomen.

Voyager Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years of Flight  -  Aug 20, 2007
PhysOrg.com,Their long-lived radioisotope thermoelectric generators provide the power. "The continued operation of these spacecraft and the flow of data to the

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