The notion of a hacker-induced nuclear meltdown is the stuff of cyberpunk nightmares. And, let's be clear, there's no sign digital saboteurs are anywhere close to unleashing a nuclear apocalypse. But ...

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

Direct Source Seafood LLC, of Bellevue, WA, is recalling 83,800 bags of frozen raw shrimp, imported from Indonesia, sold ...

Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far ...

For now at least, fears about an unstoppable disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant have calmed a bit. But the crisis has clearly entered a second phase — tainted food and water. Over the ...

Introduction to Radioactivity Lesson Overview In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive ...

In August, the FDA issued a recall of frozen shrimp potentially contaminated by Cesium-137 from the same company, Pt. Bahari ...

The nuclei of certain atoms are stable and under ordinary circumstances, stable nuclei do not undergo change. The nuclei of other atoms are unstable. These nuclei undergo change spontaneously, that is ...

Early afternoon local time on Thursday, after years of questions and criticisms directed at the plan, Japan has begun the controversial release into the Pacific Ocean of water previously used to cool ...

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. All foods contain natural radionuclides, which are ...

Scientists have picked up signs that nuclear activity at the Chernobyl nuclear plant is stepping up, but it is unclear exactly how. The nuclear plant, located in northern Ukraine, was the site of the ...