In the 1920s, Radithor promised to cure everything from wrinkles to leukemia, but its unintended results were deadly.

When we gaze up at the night sky, we often marvel at the twinkling stars, distant planets, and expansive galaxies. Yet, beyond the visible spectrum lies a more mysterious aspect of the cosmos—cosmic ...

A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing.

Indonesia has detected widespread Caesium-137 contamination at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate near Jakarta, with high radiation levels found in multiple locations. This discovery followed US FDA ...

Space is full of radiation. Charged particles swarming interplanetary space mostly originate from the Sun with the occasional interloper from the rest of the Universe. On Earth, we are protected by it ...

Thanks for a powerful antioxidant, Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human. In a new study, scientists discovered how the antioxidant ...

Researchers have succeeded in something that has been pursued since the 1970s: explaining the X-ray radiation from the black hole surroundings. The radiation originates from the combined effect of the ...

A thermal metasurface is made of a single layer of nanostructured silicon (gray) on top of glass (blue) and a metal mirror (gold). The nanostructured surface is specifically tailored so that it ...

Giant main arm of robotic system shown to handle payload of 60 tonnes with exceptional precision, bringing goal of ...

There were also no increased risks of brain tumors or leukemia in kids exposed to cell towers or radio and TV transmitters, ...

The adage goes "like mother like daughter," and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the ...

Often cited as the world’s first lethal software bug, at least three people died between 1985 and 1987, after receiving doses ...