TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground ...

High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design ...

Researchers exposed two lichen species to Mars-like atmospheric conditions for five hours—and one performed impressively.

The tests may have been carried out with good intentions but the reality represented some significant oversights, gaffs, and ...

Lichens are true pioneers, setting themselves up in environments so harsh as to be considered virtually barren.

Investigation of natural radioactivity levels of natural and manufactured samples of building materials used in the Rabigh ...

SpaceX has launched a privately funded space mission over Earth's poles. This is the first human spaceflight to fly over the ...

Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design ...

Mirion Technologies , a global provider of advanced radiation safety solutions, today announced the latest release of its Apex-Guard gamma spectroscopy software. Tailored to meet the stringent ...