This is called background radiation and it varies across the country. The average American is exposed to about 3 mSv (millisieverts) of radiation from natural sources over the course of a year. (A ...

A new map has revealed the terrifying spread of radioactive fallout from US nuclear tests, showing the contamination in 46 ...

Scientists may have found a new way to detect some of the universe's most mysterious objects, primordial black holes (PBHs), ...

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.

As temperatures climb and sleeves grow shorter, a familiar ritual returns: slathering on the sunscreen—or perhaps skipping it ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the ...

The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and ...

In a recent breakthrough, Dr. Huo Zhipeng and his student Chen Zuoyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the ...

The main risk inside the storage facility is the chemical toxicity of uranium hexafluoride gas and fluoride compounds ...

Late effects on the urinary bladder in patients treated for cancer in childhood: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group: Retrospective literature review: High-dose radiation in the pelvic region ...

Impact Statement: When we introduce BOTDR to the space field, sensing fibers will face a harsh radiation environment. In this paper, three kinds of commercial fibers have been radiated by Co60 in ...

Fiber Bragg and long period gratings are photonic components that find numerous applications in telecommunication and sensing. In some cases, such as space, high-energy physics, and nuclear industry, ...