
Experts say we now have "clear evidence" cell phone radiation causes cancer in rats
Does cell phone radiation cause cancer? There's no firm answer to that question, but after days of peer review...

Report shows that contamination monitors failed at Hanford Nuclear Site
Last December, as crews were demolishing the Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in Washington, work was halted after...

170 million Americans drink radioactive tap water
Up to 170 million Americans in all fifty states may be exposed to radiation-tainted drinking water. Using data...

Stanford's new ‘accelerator on a chip’ could revolutionize medical care
Researchers at Stanford University are developing a linear accelerator that is the size of a chip — instead of...

MIT students find a way to make stronger concrete with plastic bottles
Americans consume 8.6 billion water bottles — every year. Of those, only 1 of 5 is recycled. Fortunately, a handful...

Tardigrades will be the last surviving creatures on earth after the sun dies
In the event that Earth is struck by an asteroid, the sun goes supernova or the planet is soaked in gamma ray bursts...

Hundreds of radioactive wild boars run amok in Fukushima, Japan
Packs of radioactive wild boars are running loose in northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear...

Fukushima radiation levels at highest since 2011 disaster
As cleanup efforts threaten to span decades, radiation levels inside a Fukushima Daiichi reactor are at their highest...

Radioactive Chernobyl reactor sealed by the world's largest moveable metal structure
Dealing with the remnants of a nuclear disaster is no easy task. As a case in point, take a look at the Chernobyl...

New Radioactive Leak Found at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the embattled operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...

New Report Lists World's Most Polluted Places
Green Cross Switzerland and the Blacksmith Institute just released a report that details the world's most polluted...

Mutant Butterflies Found in Japan After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
It's been well over a year since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...

Activists Claim 14,000 US Deaths Linked to Radiation Leaks at Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan
Within weeks of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, the EPA reported that...

New Terahertz "Invisibility Cloak" Imaging Offers an Alternative to Harmful X-Ray Body Scans
Scientists at Northwestern University have tapped the terahertz frequency range and opened the door to harm-free...