Radioactivity can save lives. When neither chemotherapy or surgery nor radiation from the outside help against a tumor, modern medicine uses so-called radiopharmaceuticals. These radioactive drugs not ...

The discovery of a tiny lost radioactive capsule beside a remote highway in Western Australia raises many questions – not least how it escaped layers of radiation-proof packaging loaded onto a moving ...

Officials have warned the public of the risks in touching a small capsule containing a radioactive substance that was lost during transportation in Western Australia. The silver, round capsule, which ...

Metabolic disorders play a central role in many common conditions, including Alzheimer's, depression, diabetes and cancer, which call for reliable as well as non-invasive diagnostic procedures. Until ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

At the Waste Management Symposium 2026 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) guest scientist Jason Ross has been honored for his outstanding contributions to the ...

WARSAW, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Polish authorities are investigating potentially radioactive substances found in around 50 containers in a residential building in western Poland, officials said on Friday, ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The City of Springfield Department of Public Works is reminding residents to properly dispose of medical waste after alarms were triggered at the F&G Waste Transfer Station ...