The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown in ...

Radiotherapy to the head and neck causes temporary (or acute) side effects. Side effects can be mild or more severe, depending on the size of the area being treated and the length of your treatment.

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering will conduct the system decontamination for Gori 1. Decontamination, the process of reducing radiation levels to a safe threshold, is a critical precursor to ...

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a type of light. Sunlight has UV rays, along with other kinds of rays. Some light bulbs give off UV rays, too. UV light bulbs are used in tanning beds and lamps, some ...

A CT scan exposes your body to some radiation. That involves a small amount of risk, and it’s important to understand the issues. A CT scan uses what’s called “ionizing” radiation.

When you have cancer, though, some cells start to divide way too fast. That's where radiation therapy can help. It uses high-energy particles to make tiny breaks in the DNA of cancer cells to ...

Spend a single day outside our planet's protective atmosphere and magnetic field, and you could be exposed to radiation levels equivalent to what you'd experience across a whole year back on Earth.

Credit: André Luiz Lourenço Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a revolutionary cancer treatment that precisely targets tumors with radiation while sparing healthy tissues. By using a ...