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


Ukraine reports higher Chernobyl radiation after Russians capture plant

The agency said the change was due to the movement of heavy military equipment in the area.

The remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Israeli tech to find distant star explosions releasing gamma-ray bursts

Called GALI and made by researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, the experiment is one of 35 that are part of Israel's Rakia mission.

 Artistic rendition of two short gamma-ray bursts in a collapsing star.

The supermassive black hole in our galaxy is unpredictable - study

Sagittarius A* lies in the galactic center of the Milky Way and is a known source of radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays. But its irregular bursts follow no discernible pattern.

 Artistic impression of a material disc with illuminated gas around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

TAU launches radiation shielding tech into space for further testing

Electronics used in space normally must be custom-modified to protect them from radiation. However, the COTS-Capsule protects standard commercial equipment from radiation.

The launch of the "COTS-Capsule" on top of the Cargo Dragon C209 spacecraft

Special radiation can kill COVID-19 and polio virus, Israeli study shows

Millimeter waves can be used as an effective tool to kill over 99% of the pathogens on different surfaces in two seconds, research by Ariel University scholars indicates.

COVID-19 is seen in a blood vessel (Illustrative).

Nuclear reactor worker wins NIS one million cancer compensation

'G,' a 78-year-old pensioner from Beersheba, claimed to have been continually exposed to hazardous materials and radioactive radiation at the Dimona nuclear reactor.

View of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev Desert outside Dimona

Chinese nuclear power plant would have been shut down in France - co-owner

The statement comes a month after EDF warned of an "imminent radiological threat" at the Taishan nuclear power plant.

Workers (bottom) stand in front of a nuclear reactor as part of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant seen under construction in Taishan, Guangdong province, October 17, 2013.

NASA's space dummy has been named by the public: Commander Moonikin Campos

Named "Commander Moonikin Campos" in honor of Arturo Campos, the human stand-in will accompany phantom torsos Zohar and Helga on the long-awaited lunar mission.

Earth from space

NASA sends human dummies on Artemis I Moon mission, and you can name one

The mission will also test the Israeli-made AstroRad vest for use in future exploration missions.

Earth from space

China: Radiation levels normal around Taishan nuclear reactor

This is in response to reports that there was a warning of an "imminent radiological threat" following a build-up of krypton and xenon.

Workers (bottom) stand in front of a nuclear reactor as part of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant seen under construction in Taishan, Guangdong province, October 17, 2013.