Radiation doses during coronary artery disease testing varied widely based on global region, with patients in lower-income countries being exposed to higher doses vs. those in higher-income countries, ...

Since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, something has concerned scientists: can exposure to radiation leave marks in someone’s DNA that are passed on to ...

Studies estimating cancer risk from CT radiation use data from different people exposed to different radiation (like atomic ...

The findings underscore the importance of training, best-practice protocols, and up-to-date equipment to reduce exposure for ...

A new map offers a new perspective on the city, revealing the steady, ever-present natural radiation emerging from the ground ...

Incremental dose to neurogenic niches correlated with reduced overall survival: SVZ HR 1.306/Gy and hippocampus HR 1.222/Gy, indicating independent adverse prognostic impact.

Most people interpret radiation as a bad thing—but it isn’t always. In fact, radiation is a very normal phenomenon. For now, let’s just say that radiation is when an object produces energy. When a ...

A revolutionary manner of precisely delivering radiation therapy to cancer patients while minimizing collateral damage is being rolled out by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore.

Space is tough on materials. Radiation, UV light, atomic oxygen and sharp temperature swings can degrade metals, polymers and coatings over time. This article looks at the current ways researchers are ...

Researchers led by Brian Hoffman of Northwestern University and Michael Daly of the Uniformed Services University have ...

People living on a former air base have called for a survey into land beneath their homes as they fear radioactive contamination. A report by Rushcliffe Borough Council in 2008 found elevated ...

A combination of reduced aerosol pollution and global warming have resulted in increasing levels of solar radiation across ...