Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...

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The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not ...

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The world faces a growing deficiency in the number of medical scientists who are well informed about the delayed effects of ionizing radiation. This deficiency is growing because the physicians who ...

Monte Carlo simulations have become indispensable in radiation biology and dosimetry, enabling researchers to model with high precision the cascade of interactions that occur when ionising radiation ...

Hiroshima University researchers unveil a $70 smartphone radiation detector as Japan cautiously revives nuclear power.

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Hideko Warner was diagnosed with three cancers and received biology-guided radiation therapy, which she found effective and comfortable. Her medical background as a nurse helped her remain calm and ...