Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is a treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Though the radiation is targeted, it affects healthy cells as well as ...

Medical experts sound off on the effects of radiation injuries. March 24, 2011— -- Three Japanese ground workers laboring to contain the nuclear reactors in Fukushima were rushed to the hospital ...

It is generally accepted that ionizing radiation – no matter how low – is a risk to human health. Robert P Crease argues that this notion needs to be examined more carefully Fear factor The idea that ...

For those of you who have been reading my blogs for some time you probably know that I worked at Analog Devices supporting high speed ADCs for many years and moved over to our space products group ...

Przewalski's horses inhabit the Chernobyl zone. After 20 years the population has grown, and now they gallop on radioactive territories. Credit: Anton Petrus/getty images The largest nuclear disaster ...