A 9.0 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean sent a massive tsunami to the coast of Japan. Upon landbreak, seawater came awash and forced regional emergency […]
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Student Reports: DoseNet Summer 2020
This summer at Dosenet/Radwatch was different than usual; with quarantine in place, our team had to adapt to working with students and educators through video […]
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DoseNet Summer 2020: Brian Fu’s Report
Brian Fu joined the DoseNet team this Summer, and has continued working with us during the academic year. He describes his time and work with […]
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DoseNet Summer 2020: Richie Woo’s Report
This report was put together by another student working with Dosenet, Richie Woo. Richie first worked with our group as a volunteer during the 2019 […]
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RE: “Can Nuclear Power’s Deadly Waste Be Contained in a Warming World?”
The widespread scientific consensus concludes that there has been a measured, unnatural global warming that human activities “are the dominant cause of since the middle […]
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Exploratorium After Dark
RadWatch and DoseNet again had the opportunity to participate in the Exploratorium After Dark focusing on radiation, through our ongoing collaboration with the Exploratorium – you can check out our ongoing data collection from the Exploratorium roof on our DoseNet map. We had a great group of volunteers and had a few hundred visitors come by our table. Thanks to our friends at the Exploratorium for hosting, and all of the interest from participants!
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Day in the Bay at Oracle Park
DoseNet and RadWatch had a great time participating in Discovery Day at Oracle Park as part of the Bay Area Science Day Festival. We had 10 undergraduate and graduate student volunteers from the UC Berkeley College of Engineering, mainly Nuclear Engineering, helping out. We also had help from three high school students from around the bay that have worked with us (or plan to work with us) as part of our summer internship for high school students. Everybody did an amazing job, and it was a great experience. In this post, we hear from one of our volunteers, Daniel Solakian – a dedicated member of the group.
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