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Radioactive-Free Vodka Produced from Crops in Chernobyl

August 12, 2019

Scientists now want to produce the artisan vodka and give 75 percent of profits back to the affected community

Radiation in Parts of Marshall Islands Is Higher than Chernobyl

July 18, 2019

A Columbia University study suggests residents not return to several uninhabited islands until areas are thoroughly cleaned a...

Shedding Light—Literally—on Resistance to Radiation Therapy

March 5, 2019

The findings can potentially help identify subsets of patients that are best suited for radiation treatment

New Technique Offers Rapid Assessment of Radiation Exposure

January 10, 2019

New technique turns smartphones, thumb drives, and other electronics into "your own personal radiation detector"

System Monitors Radiation Damage to Materials in Real Time

December 20, 2018

Facility could rapidly provide data on how material properties change in a nuclear reactor

The Future of Fighting Cancer: Zapping Tumors in Less Than a Second

December 3, 2018

Researchers look to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking the length of a typical session

RUDN Chemist Tests a New Nanocatalyst for Obtaining Hydrogen

October 17, 2018

Photochemical reactions are one of the most eco-friendly ways of producing "green fuel"

Wearable 'Microbrewery' Saves Human Body from Radiation Damage

August 10, 2018

The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure...

Space Radiation Won't Stop NASA's Human Exploration

October 17, 2017

Space radiation is quite different and more dangerous than radiation on Earth

After Fukushima: Radiation Levels in Food Predicted

June 14, 2017

Scientists can predict with confidence what the effect of the Japanese disaster has had and will continue to have thanks to a...

Research Uncovers Potential Health Risks of Travel to Mars

March 9, 2017

Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues are using human stem cells to measure the e...

Amid Terrorism Fears, Promising Leads in Hunt for Radiation Antidote

June 22, 2016

Currently there is no cure for exposure to lethal doses of radiation

New Technique Could Improve Detection of Concealed Nuclear Materials

April 18, 2016

If the technique can be scaled up and proven under real inspection conditions, it could significantly improve the ability to ...

Lab Keeps Cancer Treatment Radiation Machines Honest

February 2, 2016

Facility provides calibration to approximately 60 percent of the U.S. medical physics market

Could Humans Survive Decades in a Fallout Shelter? (video)

November 11, 2015

American Chemical Society examines the basics of survival in a world riddled with radiation.

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