Authorities in the US and Europe have recalled goods as Indonesian authorities investigate the source of radioactive ...

When most people think about radioactivity, their minds jump to nuclear power plants, medical X-rays, or maybe that ominous ...

Nearly half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their care. Ionizing radiation, or the emission of high-energy waves or particles, works as a therapy by damaging a cancer ...

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer—in the U.S., it is estimated that over 88 percent of people will die from the disease within five years of their diagnosis.

The center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...

With the solar eclipse buzz at its peak, misconceptions follow. So how can you tell eclipse fact from eclipse fiction? You rely on the experts. NASA states that humans have viewed the solar eclipse ...

Russia's war in Ukraine has renewed fears of nuclear disaster in a world that hasn't seriously grappled with the health effects of radiation since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Disaster could come in ...