Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, ...

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, ...

Microwave ovens are a common feature in kitchens, yet many people worry they cause cancer. Let’s debunk this myth and ...

In the first post of this series, I described what happens to the human body at ground zero of a 10 to 15-kiloton nuclear ...

True. There is no reliable evidence that Wi-Fi, mobile phones, or microwave ovens cause cancer, as they emit non-ionising ...

The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to ...

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

Wolves living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone show genetic and immune-system signals that researchers say may be linked ...

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to ...

Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive review of the effects of radiation on advanced semiconductor devices. As device dimensions continue to scale into the nanometer regime, radiation ...

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