It's nearly impossible to predict the threshold of exactly how much radiation you would need to be exposed to in order to die, but according to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "It is ...

Residual radioactive materials were found at a South Carolina site where a wasp nest was discovered by employees ...

Immunity from radiation exposure in cancer treatments High exposure to radiation breaks down the body’s DNA, causing large-scale apoptosis, a widespread cell death that occurs in diseases and ...

Workers have found a radioactive wasps nest at the Savannah River Site, in South Carolina, at a location near tanks where ...

The study also found that cancer and non-cancer outcomes from lower-dose radiation exposure may appear at any point during the life of the exposed individual, with some cancers taking as long as 30 ...

In case of a nuclear emergency, it is commonly recommended to shelter in place until radiation levels drop and triage can begin to manage the physical as well as mental health of survivors.

The origins of the whole nuclear program are in New Mexico, and we were the first people exposed to radiation as a result of an atomic bomb and to be left out for 79 years is just truly unacceptable." ...

A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes ...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, first passed in 1990, previously only applied to people in certain parts of Nevada, Utah and Arizona, but didn’t include those who were potentially ...