Radiation

Radiation still seeping from Soviet‑era titanium nuclear attack sub

Monitoring teams report elevated radiation levels in surrounding waters near the wreck site.

A Soviet submarine.
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, Southern Israel. August 13, 2016.

What would a radioactive leak from Dimona mean for southern Israel? - explainer

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA.

Nvidia unveils new hardware in push for data centers in space

Cooling towers at the former Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant during a tour by Constellation Energy in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, US, June 25, 2025

US to offer incentives to states for nuclear waste storage, building nuclear reactors


Dangerous light: How to protect your skin from blue light radiation

Artificial lighting and the abundance of electronic devices surrounding us emit blue light, which has a harmful effect on the skin.

 Blue light radiation

SafeFields reduces radiation in electric, hybrid vehicles

Israeli startup SafeFields Technologies Ltd unveils solution cutting radiation in electric, hybrid vehicles by 80-90%, suitable for various vehicle types, aiding in reducing health risks.

 Oded Einat and Shaul Shulman

Tips for buying sunglasses: how to protect your eyes and your pocket

Sunglasses don't have to be expensive to provide maximum sun protection. Here are some tips and some examples of pairs you can buy and stay cool this summer.

  Bar Refaeli

Is the iPhone 12 radioactive? Apple disputes claim by French watchdog

The Agence Nationale des Fréquences, or ANFR, said it would send agents to Apple stores and other distributors to check the model was no longer being sold.

 iPhone 12s are seen at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 24, 2021

Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday

Three solar flares were observed on Sunday, the Fedorov Institute said, with one lasting 14 minutes, accompanied by disruption in radio communication.

 The sun emitted its first X-class flare in more than four years on February 14, 2011 at 8:56 p.m. EST.

Black holes will die, evaporate away – and so will everything else - study

A recent study found that Stephen Hawking was correct about black holes dying by evaporating into Hawking radiation. But that fate could be shared by everything in the universe.

 This movie shows a complete revolution around a simulated black hole and its accretion disk following a path that is perpendicular to the disk (Illustrative).

US supplies Ukraine with radiation sensors in light of nuclear bomb threats - report

Ukraine is collaborating with the Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST), a unit of atomic experts that's run by the National Nuclear Security Administration, to deploy the radiation sensors.

 A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020.

Metal-poor stars more likely to have planets with alien life - study

While one might think metal-rich stars would be more likely to have planets with life, planets around metal-poor stars have better shielding to UV radiation.

 Artistic illustration of planets orbiting a red dwarf star.

Putin vows response to UK's decision to send depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

The depleted uranium shells that the UK is supplying to Ukraine were developed by the US during the Cold War to pierce Soviet tanks, some of which are still used by Russia.

The depleted uranium penetrator of a 30 mm round

Massive tentacle of plasma breaks off sun - report

The report stated that the entire detachment took approximately eight hours, and that video footage of the event later went viral on Twitter.

 Filament erupting during a solar flare, seen at EUV wavelengths that show both emission and absorption (Illustrative).