Mumbai: In a major step to boost radiation research, a cutting-edge Gamma Irradiation Chamber (GIC) 5000, Cobalt-60, has recently been inaugurated at the Department of Biophysics of Mumbai University.
Heavy ions could radically improve radiation therapy for treatment of pancreatic cancer and other difficult-to-treat tumors if researchers can better understand how the ions work against cancer. A new ...
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Some airport body scanning machines use X-rays to generate images. How much radiation is a traveler exposed to? Should frequent fliers opt for a pat down instead? Radiation expert David Brenner ...
WASHINGTON -- The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers' clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation ...
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Professor Marco Durante, Head of the Biophysics Department at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and Professor at the Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt, Institute of Condensed Matter ...
A US$30 million animal model study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation (RFR), similar to that used in 2G and 3G networks, has come to some pertinent conclusions. A study into radiofrequency ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. Widespread blood testing can inform individuals of their actual ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with unilateral breast cancer and ATM mutations who received radiation were at increased risk for ...
Optical fibers that emit a type of UV light that's safe for skin -- but deadly for drug-resistant bacteria -- may be able to prevent infections around skin-penetrating medical devices, new research ...