The medical dosimetry program of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been conducted since 1961.
A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality. Study: Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising ...
When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer ...
Terahertz waves, known as non-ionizing radiation, can turn into ionization radiation when sufficiently many terahertz photons are focused in space and time. A team led by scientists in Korea and the U ...
The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...
If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The use of ionizing radiation in health care is of ...
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This Chernobyl fungus seems to have evolved an incredible ability
Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, ...
A variety of models of carcinogenesis are reviewed, and in particular, the multistage model of Armitage and Doll and the two-mutation model of Moolgavkar, Venzon, and Knudson. Both the latter models, ...
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 ...
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