Radiation

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

The administration of President Donald Trump wants to quadruple US nuclear power capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050 as electricity demand surges for the first time in decades.

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
Radiation accelerator at Davidoff Center - Rabin Medical Center.

Israeli hospital's 'groundbreaking' studies could lessen treatments, reduce prostate cancer risks

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a cabinet meeting inside the West Wing of the White House in September. Biden must not continue with the Obama policy of appeasing Iran and turning a blind eye to its terrorist proxies, the writers warn.

Former US President Biden undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, NBC News reports

Measuring the radiation level in the car

The Israeli company that found an effective solution for dangerous radiation in electric vehicles


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).

Has the time come to give up on gel manicures?

Recently, it was revealed that devices for drying gel polish can change one's DNA. How much should you worry, and is there a safe manicure technique?

Is there a safer way to paint your nails besides gel manicures? (Illustrative image of woman drying nails under UV light)

For the first time in Israel: Breakthrough cancer treatment employed in Holon

The treatment involved the injection of a radioactive substance called Oncosil into a patient diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic cancer. 

This innovative pancreatic cancer treatment is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a breakthrough technology, and so far about 250 cancer patients throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

What really happens during a nuclear attack?

World Health Organization: “In the case of nuclear war, no amount of help from the health profession would be adequate to meet the devastating health needs.”

 A 23 -kiloton tower shot called BADGER, fired on April 18, 1953, at the Nevada Test Site, as part of the Operation Upshot–Knothole nuclear test series. (Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office)