I hope you aren’t making nuclear weapons in your garage. If you are, your bricks know what you’re doing. Researchers have long studied retrospective dosimetry—looking at what kind of radiation was ...

"White scum," or a more common condition known as efflorescence, is responsible for the whiteish staining seen on brick walls. White scum is a condition that surfaces if brick is cleaned too early ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that can determine whether bricks -- the common building material -- have ever been near a radiological source, and identify the specific type of source, such ...