This ability to ionize atoms can cause damage to biological tissue and DNA, leading to potential health risks like cancer or radiation burns.

Colorado's high elevation directly impacts the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground due to lower air pressure.

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Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has launched a multilingual learning game for beauty care students to ...

Veteran advocates asked Congress for help getting the toxic exposure they faced during service covered by the Department of ...

Veterans and nonprofit groups took part in a discussion with Democrats Rep. Mark Takano of California and Sen. Richard ...

Researchers at MIT found that greenhouse gases are causing Earth’s upper atmosphere to shrink. Gradually, this will lead to ...

Fourteen years after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power is being rebranded as a climate savior, and fission is in fashion.

Or they may try a transplant. They also will give you fluids and treat other injuries like burns. Recovery from radiation sickness can take up to 2 years. But you'll still be at risk of other ...

Leading Democrats in Congress are turning their attention to service members exposed to toxins at domestic military bases and ...

THE BURN BANS IN PLACE FOR NORTH CAROLINA ... The increased intensity and duration of that solar radiation tends to dry out dead and dormant vegetation. Growth is generally limited in early ...

A few days earlier, I was diagnosed with a rare malignant tumor in the back of my eye, and I was in the limbo between surgery and radiation. I did not yet know that this thing was not likely to ...