Four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, something weird—but wonderful—is happening inside the Chernobyl ...

From cosmic rays to CT scans, radiation surrounds us but not all exposure is dangerous. Here’s how to separate fact from fear ...

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a place where radiation levels remain dangerously high decades after the 1986 nuclear disaster, scientists have discovered an organism defying the odds. A black fungus ...

A team of researchers in France are building on fundamental experimental research undertaken in the Ukrainian Chornobyl ...

Thirty workers were killed in the immediate aftermath while the long-term death toll from radiation poisoning is estimated to eventually number in the thousands.

Comparing this exposure to everyday radiation doses—such as that from a routine dental visit—Burraco emphasized that present-day levels in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are considerably low due ...

Chernobyl dogs do show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences – but not because of radiation - New study has implications for our understanding of nuclear radiation exposure effects on populations ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

T he Chernobyl disaster happened on April 26, 1986. The city of Pripyat was evacuated, but animals remained in the area. Over ...

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published ...

Radiation -induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published on ...