On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the most catastrophic nuclear disasters in history. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine experienced a catastrophic explosion and fire, releasing …
For over a century, the ‘Curse of the Pharaohs’ has been a source of mystery and intrigue, often associated with the tomb of the young King Tutankhamun. Discovered in 1922 …
NASA has created an incredible timelapse movie that condenses 14 years of data acquired by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope into six minutes of colorful cosmic rays. No, the timelapse …
A worker at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning …
Advocates fear a bipartisan provision of the Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that expands compensation for victims of radiation poisoning may be a casualty of the conference process. It’s already behind …
WASHINGTON DC: Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy — a tactic generally employed against cancer — …
Workers at a demolition site near the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant took and sold iron scraps from waste possibly contaminated with radioactive materials, Environment Ministry officials said …
For many of the sources you encounter in everyday life, the amount of radiation is so low that you don’t need to worry about it. But ionizing radiation can also …
On average, four to eight tiny dots are created in the process, depending on the disease site, says J. Isabelle Choi, MD, a board-certified radiation oncologist in New York City. …