Nuclear radiation exposure concerns have been mounting following Russian attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explores what scientists have learned about the health ...

Scientists have been arguing about the health risks from radiation since the end of the 19th century, when radioactivity was ...

Hisashi Ouchi would a fatal dose of radiation while working at Japan's Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant, dying 83 days later.

Hisashi Ouchi, 35, from Japan, was exposed to a record-breaking amount of radiation after working at a uranium processing ...

In the ongoing battle against cancer, the search for more effective treatment measures is relentless. While traditiona ...

Nuclear medicine therapy is a treatment that uses the power of radiation to destroy cancer from within the body. 00:54 In Japan, development is underway on new, more potent drugs that hold promise ...

An intergovernmental body was formed in 1955 by the General Assembly of ... Second, it aims to protect future generations from activities conducted today. The use of radiation and nuclear techniques ...

The radiation exposure from CT has a very wide range depending on the type of the test, the area of the body scanned and the purpose of the test. In its simplest form, a CT scan is used only for the ...

Jonny Nelson introduces an animated explanation of black body radiation. All objects are continually absorbing and emitting infrared radiation, for example a heater (radiator). There are no known ...

Medical physicists at the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA ... tumor and not at healthy ...

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study ...