The offerings of the Eighth Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications
(IRRMA-8) ranged from improved detection of threats in cargo using neutron-based material discrimination
[see for example Cutmore, N., Liu Y. and Tickner, J. “Development and commercialisation of a fast-neutron/X-ray cargo scanner”, Proc. 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. On Technologies for Homeland Security, pp 330-336]
to discriminating Kansas City blues music and barbeque.
For an overview of this recent international radiation physics conference, click here