Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, used with permission) The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, scientists are still uncovering unexpected forms of life in its aftermath.

Nearly 40 years after the disaster, Cladosporium sphaerospermum not only survives lethal radiation levels but appears to grow ...

Inside the shattered remains of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor, where radiation levels can still kill a human in minutes, ...

Every day, Alaskans are exposed to radiation. Some is non-ionizing and detectable by sound, heat or sight through radios, ...

Most people interpret radiation as a bad thing—but it isn’t always. In fact, radiation is a very normal phenomenon. For now, let’s just say that radiation is when an object produces energy. When a ...

If you didn’t know, OSHA is working to help protect employees who are exposed to ionizing radiation as an effect of their job environments. Check out the OSHA ionizing radiation page for information ...

Radiation can be defined as energy traveling through space. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing, which are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non-ionizing ...