Astronomers have identified one of the most distant candidate galaxies known to leak ionizing radiation—the same kind of ...

The world around us is a scary place, with a lot of visible and invisible dangers. Some of those invisible dangers are pretty obvious, such as that of an electrical shock from exposed wiring. Some are ...

The medical dosimetry program of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been conducted since 1961.

This chapter presents models that allow one to estimate the lifetime risk of cancer resulting from any specified dose of ionizing radiation and applies these models to example exposure scenarios for ...

Radiotherapy, which is also commonly referred to as radiation therapy, involves the use of ionizing radiation to induce damage to tumor cells in an effort to prevent their growth and division. Since ...

Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality,” is the way in which author Bill Bryson once colourfully described the fabric of all matter. It is an appropriate description of the ...

The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...

Remember, there are different types of radiation. The level of risk depends on the sort of radiation you're exposed to and how long. When you see all those scientists in movies wearing lead shields, ...

Researchers utilized genomic tools to investigate potential health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, a known carcinogen, as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl accident. One study found no ...

The fallout from Chernobyl is both vast and ongoing. In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident killed two workers at the plant immediately, and in the following days and weeks, the ...