Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

More than 20 containers of radioactive zinc stranded in Manila Bay for months have been brought ashore to a 'safe place,' the ...

Bananas are one of the most easily available and go-to fruits in most households - sweet, portable, and packed with nutrients ...

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Sarah Loughran receives funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). She is the Director of Radiation Research and Advice at the Australian Radiation Protection ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive may conjure up images of things you find in a sci-fi films including green glowing men and the odd ...

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor. Concerns about nuclear weapons and radioactivity have intensified globally. Radioactive hotspots, created by human activity, pose ...

A tiny radioactive capsule, smaller than a 10-cent coin and lost on a stretch of highway in outback Western Australia, has miraculously been found. The caesium-137 capsule, measuring just 8 ...

Fallout — radioactive material from a nuclear explosion — exists in every corner of the world. Nuclear fallout from a bomb is less dangerous long-term than from a nuclear power plant disaster. Fallout ...