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University of Michigan: Using Ancient Minerals From Deep Within Earth's Crust to Measure Cosmic Radiation
December 02, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

If you want to understand a part of Earth's galactic history--whether it passed near a supernova during its path around our galaxy, for example--you may be able to find the answer in the crystal structure of a rock, according to a University of Michigan study.

The study outlines a method using paleo-detectors, an idea inspired by work from the 1960s, which used anc . . .

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