Scientists have developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. The device can be used by industrial and medical ...

Risks of cancer-causing radiation from X-rays, CT scans 03:00. Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United ...

A protein found in tardigrades — tiny animals less than a millimeter long — can protect mice from radiation damage. Most cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment ...

Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremophile, a bacterium that can withstand conditions that would kill off most life-forms. D. radiodurans' ability to resist radiation thousands of times stronger ...

Photon radiation therapy: This procedure involves using X-rays or gamma rays that the doctor delivers to the skin’s surface. The rays penetrate the body, reaching the tumor and destroying its cells.

A (possibly) simpler way to think of it is that, because of the effect of the Earth’s annual trip around the Sun, there’s exactly one more day in the sidereal year than in the solar. Arithmetic ...

Russia has declared a "state of emergency" in Khabarovsk, a city on the Amur River in southeastern part of the country, after a mystery potentially cancer-causing radiation leak was detected.

Q: I’m constantly on my phone, and it’s usually near my body when I’m not. Should I worry about radiation exposure? Spending all day glued to your smartphone probably isn’t doing you any ...

The birth chart you have memorized is likely rooted in tropical astrology. But there's another system, too, called sidereal astrology. An astrologer explains.

The birth chart you have memorized is likely rooted in tropical astrology. But there's another system, too, called sidereal astrology. An astrologer explains.