The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life. Ever since the Unit Four reactor at ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The use of ionizing radiation in health care is of ...

Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

As the popularity of Bluetooth headphones grows, so do questions about safety. Do they cause cancer? Science answers.

Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a Wi-Fi chip that continued to function after absorbing 500 ...

The IAEA’s expertise in medical physics and dosimetry is enhancing the capacities of countries around the globe to use ionizing radiation in medical procedures safely and effectively, the Scientific ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

Most people interpret radiation as a bad thing—but it isn’t always. In fact, radiation is a very normal phenomenon. For now, let’s just say that radiation is when an object produces energy. When a ...