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 ...

Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House ...

Every day, Alaskans are exposed to radiation. Some is non-ionizing and detectable by sound, heat or sight through radios, ...

Radiation can be defined as energy traveling through space. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing, which are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non-ionizing ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts." National Research Council. 2006. Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII Phase 2. Washington, ...

Inside the shattered remains of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor, where radiation levels can still kill a human in minutes, ...

Syria’s Atomic Energy Commission organized a specialized training course on radiation emergency response, targeting emergency ...

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a Wi-Fi chip that continued to function after absorbing 500 kilograys of gamma radiation, a dose hundreds of times beyond what would ...

Studies of patients irradiated for the treatment or diagnosis of diseases have provided considerable information for the understanding of radiation risks, particularly for specific cancer types, ...