For a few hours each lunar day, the radiation environment near the moon quietly shifts. Measurements now suggest that parts ...

Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard ...

Dr Juthani debunks the association between Bluetooth earphone use and brain tumours caused due to radiation.

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

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 ...

Nine leading medical societies are calling for updated safety standards in fluoroscopy laboratories, often called "cath labs, ...

If disaster strikes and you’re tasked with clearing up some radioactive ruins, hardy robots are far better suited for the ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Although many surgeons avoid it, nipple-sparing mastectomy after radiation is a feasible alternative to skin-sparing ...

More than half of breast cancer patients receive radiation as part of their treatment, but it may not help those with early-stage cancer, new research shows. Women who received a radiation course ...

What is particularly frustrating about radiation is that sometimes the adverse effects don’t show up until months or years ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...