One year after Japan's nuclear disaster, the invisible threat of radiation still lurks around homes and businesses near the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant. Now, a new camera based on Japanese space technology has allowed humans to see the radioactive contamination around the nuclear plant's emergency evacuation zone.
Such camera technology works by detecting radioactive particles that give off gamma rays - the highest-energy form of light in the universe. (Space.com)
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