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.
Israeli hospital's 'groundbreaking' studies could lessen treatments, reduce prostate cancer risks
Former US President Biden undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, NBC News reports
The Israeli company that found an effective solution for dangerous radiation in electric vehicles
Innovative Israeli surgery saves a cancer patient's ability to give birth
A rare robot-assisted procedure was carried out for the first time in Israel, with the potential to save women's reproductive organs from the dangers of radiation.
Israeli, Turkish scientists developing solution in event of ‘dirty bomb’
A dirty bomb, also known as a radiological dispersal device, combines conventional explosives with radioactive material.
Higher background radiation linked to lower cancer mortality - study
Higher background radiation levels were also linked to a life expectancy about 2.5 years longer than those living in areas with relatively low levels.
Israeli scientists measure Hawking radiation from sonic black hole
The findings are significant because they included the discovery of phenomena not part of Hawking's original analysis.
US still hasn’t said who was behind ‘microwave’ attacks on its diplomats
The story is made more complex by the fact that the US appeared to take from 2016 to 2019 to conclude that these incidents were linked to a hostile foreign government. Why did it take so long?
Putting science back into the nuclear debate
The world is naturally radioactive place, and every person is exposed to between 2-3mSv (millisieverts) every year.
Technion researchers develop new radiation sources
The radiation sources may reduce costs by replacing current, expensive facilities.
IDF sued for 'very strong' radiation exposure from Iron Dome facility
Five years after the Iron Dome battery was installed, kibbutz residents were told by the IDF not to approach the area surrounding the facility, due to strong radiation emitted by the battery.
Wildfires stir up radiation near Chernobyl
Wildfires break out in the area often, but the fires currently blazing after a warm and dry winter are much larger than the usual blazes
Israeli radiation protection vest blasts off to Int'l Space Station
StemRad is behind the AstroRad vest, offering personal protective equipment for astronauts to wear beyond low Earth orbit, mitigating space radiation exposure outside the Earth’s magnetosphere.
