Pocket AVIA/RAD-ALERT warns of solar flare neutrons and radiation and Terrestrial Gamma Bursts, both of which may pose hazard to passengers, crews, and avionics This pocket unit provides real-time ...

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

Radiation is one of the most misunderstood topics in modern society, News.Az reports. Because it is invisible and often associated with nuclear accidents, weapons, or serious illness, it has become ...

This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...

Melanised fungi like Cladosporium sphaerospermum thrive in extreme radiation and contain melanin, which can absorb and neutralise ionising radiation. Denis Reznik/Pixabay A species of fungus found in ...

Authorities in Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius have received IAEA support to develop a comprehensive inventory of ionizing radiation sources used in medicine and industry under a ...

A Tesla owner says she’s concerned about the safety of sitting inside her vehicle while it’s charging, which sparked a conversation about whether electric vehicles and EV chargers emit any kind of ...

Understanding what happens when radiation interacts with biological matter is crucial in medical physics (Courtesy: iStock/Dr Microbe) Studying the chain of processes that take place when UV or x-ray ...