TECHNOLOGY - USA - Muon opportunists: Detecting the unseen with natural probes
Washington,DC,USA -EurekAlert -19/Feb/2005: -- Earth is showered constantly by particles called muons that are created by cosmic rays, and clever scientists are finding ways to use them as probes of dense objects, including... American researchers also have proposed using the energetic particles to detect smuggled nuclear materials in vehicles and cargo containers...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-02/aaft-mod021205.php
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