Radiation is energy that moves from one place to another in a form that can be described as waves or particles. We are exposed to radiation in our everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of ...

(Example: Using data from the distance and shielding lab to understand the role that distance and shielding materials play in radiation exposure.) This lab was created with support from Dr. Nathaniel ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard ...

Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted beams to destroy cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. At Fred Hutch, patients have access to a full range of advanced radiation treatment ...

The symposium organizing committee invited a number of experts to provide overviews of current and future directions of specific research areas in radiation epidemiology and radiation biology. The ...

Radiotherapy is a major cancer treatment option but dose-limiting side effects such as late-onset fibrosis in the irradiated tissue severely impair quality of life in cancer survivors. Efforts to ...

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