Frequent flyers and airline crews face a higher risk of radiation exposure from the sun. The risk is greatest on flights at high altitudes, over the poles or during solar events. Radiation exposure ...

Experts say they might, and Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist network has been eager to acquire radioactive material. In the aftermath of September 11, scenarios that have particularly worried ...

Here on Earth, there are ever-present concerns related to the presence of radiation. Some have worried that we may be exposing ourselves to radiation from our many electronics, though thankfully, the ...

Radiotherapy is a key foundation of oncologic treatment that is used across the spectrum of cancer indications. Advances in imaging, treatment planning, and dose delivery have led to increasingly ...

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...

An excess risk of leukemia was one of the earliest delayed effects of radiation exposure seen in the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. Now, more than 50 ...

Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan In August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the ...

Among the hundreds of Trump White House executive orders (EO), No. 14300 directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to ...

There are various potential scenarios when digital cameras could be exposed to radiation. For instance, photographic equipment could be exposed to radiation during space flight. While technology has ...