The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, ...

Some of the effects that radiation has on a human body are shown below. Eyes High doses can cause cataracts. Thyroid Radioactive iodine can build up and cause cancer, particularly during growth.

WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explores what scientists have learned about the health effects of radiation, with a look at past nuclear accidents. Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images Daniela ...

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

It has long been recognized that large doses of ionizing radiation can damage human tissues. Over the years, as more was learned, scientists became increasingly concerned about the potentially ...

It endures the kind of radiation that would shred human cells into molecular confetti ... scientists held a steadfast belief about radiation’s deadly effects: it killed cells by shattering ...

A new Phase I clinical trial from London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) has found that high-precision ...

This episode comes to us from the podcast at SF Public Press. “Exposed” opens a window into the little-known history of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The sprawling abandoned naval base, in San ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

A new nasal delivery method for amifostine could protect healthy tissue during pancreatic cancer radiation therapy, ...

Microbeam radiation therapy uses extremely narrow beams (even narrower than a human hair ... radiation therapy is based on the "dose-volume effect". This shows that reducing the volume of tissue ...