Physicists design $100 handheld muon detector

https://www.electronics-lab.com/physicists-design-100-handheld-muon-detector/

by Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office: Now physicists working in MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science have designed a pocket-sized cosmic ray muon detector to track these ghostly particles. The detector can be made with common electrical parts, and when turned on, it lights up and counts each time a muon passes through. The relatively […]