Here on Earth, there are ever-present concerns related to the presence of radiation. Some have worried that we may be exposing ourselves to radiation from our many electronics, though thankfully, the ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

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

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As humans prepare for longer missions to the moon and Mars, scientists are trying to understand how space affects the human body. One of the biggest concerns is space radiation — high-energy particles ...

The VORAGO Technologies VA10820 microcontroller is radiation-hardened for use in satellites and other extreme radiation environments. The VORAGO Technologies VA10820 microcontroller is ...

Direct radiation exposure caused DNA breaks that led to thyroid cancer, but didn't impact future children. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

An illustration titled 'What Radioactivity Is', with six panels' reading (top) 'Water in pond is 'stable,' it expends no energy,' water can be carried up-hill and its energy level raised,' 'as it runs ...

Radiation therapy for vulvar cancer uses high energy waves to kill cancer cells. It may help shrink a tumor so a doctor can surgically remove it, and it may help kill any cancer cells that remain ...

It turns out it did not. A new study, by John Boice, Jr. and colleagues, reports the results of 114,270 nuclear weapons test participants that were followed for up to 65 years. Contrary to decades of ...