The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...

Over 5000 kilometres from the nearest major land mass, Henderson Island is perhaps the most isolated place on earth. Yet, despite a complete absence of people, this paradisical South Pacific island is ...

The medical dosimetry program of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been conducted since 1961.

A variety of models of carcinogenesis are reviewed, and in particular, the multistage model of Armitage and Doll and the two-mutation model of Moolgavkar, Venzon, and Knudson. Both the latter models, ...

Radiation protection education and training are key to keep medical practitioners up to speed with the safe uses of the latest technologies, and this was a driver of a recent IAEA meeting. To identify ...

Microwave ovens use non-ionising radiation to heat food. It is harmless in itself, but using plastic containers for the food can increase the risk.

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