Plastic could work as shield against space radiation hazards
xperiments carried out aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) indicate that light plastic materials may provide sufficient radiation shielding for…
Radiation exposure from “dark lightning” quantified
Over the last decade, scientists learnt that thunderstorms are capable of generating brief but powerful bursts of gamma-rays calledterrestrial gamma-ray…
Nuke decontamination pill “highly effective”
Rapid, mass decontamination following a nuclear reactor accident or terrorist “dirty bomb” attack may be in the offing with Berkeley…
Radiation’s bad rep a beat-up, controversial new research claims
University of Massachusetts toxicologist Edward Calabrese claims to have evidence that Nobel Prize winner Hermann Muller knowingly lied when he…
Radiation exposure impacting gender ratio
Analyzing data from population centers around normally functioning nuclear power stations, German researchers have found an increased percentage of male…
Lightning unleashes potent radiation cocktail
Physicists have estimated that air travelers could be exposed to a dose of X-rays, gamma rays and high-energy electrons equal…
Take Two Rads And Call Me In The Morning
Gamma rays may have turned mild-mannered Bruce Banner into the Hulk, but in the real-world radiation exposure tends to be…
Quantifying Space Radiation Dangers
With plans for a manned mission to Mars on the drawing board, researchers from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at…
Manganese Key To Radiation-Proofing Of Organisms
Exploring methods to protect living organisms from chronic or acute doses of radiation, military researchers say they have uncovered how…
Big Bang Brouhaha Brewing
The disturbing lack of evidence of microwave “shadows” from nearby galactic clusters is raising new questions about the faint glow…