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Bird fall-out measures radioactive fall-out
Jim Clapp (University of Ulster) will reveal how bird droppings can be used to measure radioactive fall-out in the environment. Solid urate spheres found in bird excretions can be screened for man-made pollutants such as radioactive caesium, providing a new non-invasive way to monitor the... view more (2004-03-30)

Tiny radioactive spheres effectively treat cancer that has spread to the liver
Placing tiny radioactive spheres directly into the liver through its blood supply halted growth of tumors that had spread to the organ in 71 percent of patients tested in a small clinical trial, researchers from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville report.   view more (2007-10-30)

Compound removes radioactive material from power plant waste
Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture is created made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium.   view more (2008-03-13)

Phantoms give a clearer picture of radiation effects
A new generation of realistic models of the human body could give radiation scientists and medical workers a better view of how exposure to radiation affects different internal organs. These so-called "voxel phantoms" offer a new way to reveal the effects of radioactive particles that have been... view more (2002-10-18)

Geophysical Research Letters Highlight for 1 October 2001
American Geophysical Union Geophysical Research Letters European Highlight of This Issue - 1 October 2001 ******************** Contents I. Highlight II. Authors and their institutions III. Notes, including ordering information for science writers ********** I. Highlight 7. New method investigates... view more (2001-09-21)

Chornobyl radiation ups risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
Exposure to radioactive iodine increases the risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents, a study of thyroid cancer prevalence after the Chornobyl accident shows.   view more (2006-07-05)

Exposure to radiation after Chornobyl increases risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
In a study of thyroid cancer after the Chornobyl accident in 1986, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health report that exposure to radioactive iodine ingested through the food chain increases the risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents.   view more (2006-07-06)

RADIOACTIVE WASTE: LORDS CRITICISE GOVERNMENT APPROACH
The Government have wasted valuable time over tackling the serious and mounting problem of managing radioactive waste. This criticism is made in a new report Managing Radioactive Waste: the Government's consultation by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, published on 26 November.... view more (2001-11-26)

Stop wasting time on nuclear waste, says Academy
The Government is delaying the real decisions on radioactive waste until the next Parliament, the Royal Academy of Engineering says in its response to DEFRA’s consultation document Managing Radioactive Waste Safely. By seeking views on how best to run a public debate, the Government is... view more (2002-03-12)

Researchers bend light through waveguides in colloidal crystals
Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals.   view more (2008-01-08)

MIT: Mini satellites rocketing to space station
A Russian rocket launched Monday, April 24, is carrying the first of three small, spherical satellites developed at MIT to the International Space Station - a major step toward building space-based robotic telescopes and other systems.   view more (2006-04-27)

Assessing health risks of exposure to radiation
More accurate estimates of doses and health risks associated with occupational exposure to radiation can now be made thanks to the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). Speaking at the Society for Radiological Protection`s Internal Dosimetry conference at the... view more (2002-10-18)

Radioactive waste – no problem for metal-munching bacteria
A harmless soil bacterium, which can survive high-level exposures to gamma radiation, is being developed to clean up land contaminated with radioactive waste, experts heard today (Wednesday 12 September 2001) at the bi-annual meeting of the Society of General Microbiology at the University of East... view more (2001-09-07)

Radioactive plutonium remains from US military accident in Spain
Researchers from the Physics Department and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have detected concentrations of radioactive plutonium and americium in plankton from the coast of Palomares (south-east coast of Spain), with an... view more (2003-10-20)

From diagnostic tool to cancer therapy
Cancer patients could be benefiting more than they realise from diagnostic scans. Research published today in Breast Cancer Research suggests that a radioactive molecule widely used to evaluate advanced tumours can kill cancer cells. Dr Ekaterina Dadachova and her team from the Albert Einstein... view more (2003-08-20)

`Link Rot` spoils Virtual Learning
Using the internet in classrooms and in virtual and distance learning programmes is being severely hampered by the decay of web links otherwise known as 'link rot'. Dr John Markwell (professor of biochemistry at the University of Nebraska) who has been tracking this problem with his colleague David... view more (2002-04-04)

The Azov Sea: Radiation Recedes
Radioactive contamination of the Azov Sea has reached the level which existed before 1986 when the wreck of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred. However, scientists state that regular check-ups of radio-ecological situation in the sea should be continued as the sea can be contaminated for... view more (2003-09-12)

NRPB Emergency Data Handbook
NRPB has produced a new Emergency Data Handbook1, which updates and replaces both the previous Emergency Data Handbook published in 19862 and also NRPB publication DL103. The handbook provides a compilation of information intended for use by NRPB and other organisations involved in the response to... view more (2002-07-12)

Scientists find safer ways to detect uranium minerals
The threat of 'dirty' bombs and plans to use nuclear power as an energy source have driven Queensland University of Technology scientists to discover a new, safer way of detecting radioative contamination in the ground.   view more (2006-11-22)

Extra-large 'atoms' allow Penn physicists to solve the riddle of why things melt
Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have experimentally discovered a fundamental principal about how solid materials melt. Their studies have shown explicitly that melting begins at defects within the crystalline structure of solid matter, beginning along the cracks, grain boundaries and... view more (2005-07-01)

Helping plants avoid the price of war
The U.S and allies are under growing pressure to present a clear plan for the clean up of the effects of war in both Afghanistan and Iraq. New research, to be presented today at the Society for Experimental Biology's annual conference, reveals how plants could form a key aspect of future plans. By... view more (2003-04-03)

Chernobyl disaster caused cancer cases in Sweden
A statistically determined correlation between radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident and an increase in the number of cases of cancer in the exposed areas in Sweden is reported in a study by scientists at Linköping University, Ã-rebro University, and the County Council of... view more (2004-11-19)

GEOSCIENCE VERDICT ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
The report [Note 1], whose main thrust is in agreement with that of the recent House of Lords Science & Technology Select Committee Report [Note 2], results from a two-day discussion forum on Geosciences and radioactive waste disposal organised by the Geological Society of London [Note 3] and... view more (1999-03-29)

Lasers spark new paths in radio-isotope transmutation - Scientific breakthrough in the transmutation of isotopes
Collaboration between the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) DG, the University of Jena (Germany), the University of Strathclyde (UK), Imperial College (UK), and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) has led to the transmutation of long-lived radioactive iodine-129 into short-lived... view more (2003-08-29)

Lab-on-a-chip detects ammonia in human breath
A lab-on-a-chip that is sensitive enough to detect just a tiny ammount of ammonia in human breath has been developed by Björn Timmer of University of Twente in The Netherlands. Ammonia is an indicator for the development of a bacterial infection in the stomach. The tiny dimensions of this... view more (2004-05-28)
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