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Experts in the use of radiation technologies are gathering in Vienna to discuss innovative applications in aeronautics, recycling, climate monitoring and more. Have you ever wondered how the wings of ...

Thanks for a powerful antioxidant, Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human. In a new study, scientists discovered how the antioxidant ...

Intensive radiotherapy can be toxic in 60 percent of patients with tumors located in the gastrointestinal cavity. Increases in levels of the protein URI protect mice against high-dose ionizing ...

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A vast cloud of nuclear radiation that spreadover continental Europe in 2017 has been traced to an unacknowledged nuclear accident in southern Russia, according to an international team of scientists.

Learn the fast-growing field of radiopharmaceutical manufacturing. Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing is a first-of-its-kind degree. The remote program ...

Researchers have determined that the surface of the Moon is highly radioactive due to a combination of factors. The surface of the Moon is approximately two to three times as radioactive as the ...

Doses are low on individual flights, but additional research is needed to understand health impacts from exposure.

Because patient perceptions of radiation can influence their willingness to receive it as treatment, researchers recently examined how radiation therapy is represented in different forms of art. The ...

Remember, there are different types of radiation. The level of risk depends on the sort of radiation you're exposed to and how long. When you see all those scientists in movies wearing lead shields, ...