An IAEA research project involving 27 countries has strengthened global understanding of how exposure to ionizing radiation affects human health. The project focused on the clinical applications of ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

Occupational radiation exposure in interventional radiology remains a critical concern as advancements in minimally invasive procedures increase both procedural complexity and cumulative radiation ...

Occupational exposure to ionising radiation continues to be a critical concern across medical and nuclear medicine fields. With expanding diagnostic and therapeutic applications—from advanced imaging ...

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...

Military personnel enter active duty knowing there are risks involved. One risk that affects a small proportion of veterans is illness caused by radiation exposure during service. Most veterans don’t ...

Credit: Getty Images. The hormone sensitivity of breast tissue makes it even more susceptible to damage from ionizing radiation from imaging machines. Radiation is a part of day-to-day life for many ...

Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan In August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the ...

Researchers have long studied the color-changing properties of the natural mineral hackmanite upon exposure to UV radiation or X-rays. Now, the research group studied the reactions of synthetic ...

In the modern diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals are successfully used for the diagnosis and, increasingly, for the treatment of diseases. Despite the increasing benefit ...