To monitor the amount and type of nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities, scientists look for a special signal—the unique pattern of gamma rays emitted by specific radioactive elements. However, some of these elements also emit X-rays in the same energy range as the gamma-ray em...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ultra-cold-quantum-sensors-ray.html)

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