Coating provides radiation barrier for perovskites in space, protection from elements on Earth
Illustration shows the lightweight barrier layers of silicon oxide peeled back to…
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A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors
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A new method could…
JWST peers into the atmosphere of an exoplanet bombarded by stellar radiation
This week, astronomers announced that they’d found evidence of chemical reactions in the atmosphere of an exoplanet 700 light years away from Earth.…
Catastrophic solar storms may not explain shadows of radiation in trees
A cryptic chemical signature of unknown origins, hidden for centuries inside the trunks of Earth’s trees, just became even more mysterious.
In…
Ukraine’s Biggest Nuclear Plant Needs a Safety Zone
Until Ukraine and Russia reach an agreement, the plant remains in danger. “There’s no question: There should not be any military operations at the plant or…
Gel-like, radioactive tumor implant obliterates pancreatic cancer in mice: Combination of internal…
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer ever recorded in mouse models. While most mouse…
How Iodine Pills Can—and Can’t—Help Against Radiation
As unease about Russia's nuclear saber-rattling grows, along with concerns about the safety of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials in Kyiv…
New technique protects data on solid-state drives from radiation
Dr. Biswajit Ray, right, with students (from left) Matchima Buddhanoy, Sijay Huang,…
Radiation for responsible recycling: A distributed, microwave-based method to recycle batteries
Distributed recycling system with microwave-based heating for obsolete alkaline…
Scientists Discover Year-Round Ozone Hole Over Tropics, May Lead to Increased Ground-Level UV…
Scientists revealed a large, all-season ozone hole in the lower stratosphere over the tropics comparable in depth to that of the well-known springtime…