Crew of USS Ronald Reagan exposed to radiation: report
US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan near Japan © AFP/US Navy Visudal News Service/File AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The crew of the aircraft carrier Ronald…
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Japan radiation unlikely to reach US: officials
© AFP Mike Clarke AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Radiation from nuclear plants damaged in Japan’s earthquake is unlikely to reach US territory in harmful amounts,…
TSA to retest airport body scanners for radiation
Devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected Wikimedia Commons Alison Young and Blake Morrison USA TODAY The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that…
Inside TSA scanners: How terahertz waves tear apart human DNA
Blasted with THz Radiation Terrence Aym Helium While the application of scientific knowledge creates technology, sometimes the technology is later redefined by science. Such is…
Naked body scanners may be dangerous: scientists
AFP WASHINGTON — US scientists warned Friday that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners that are being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports…
Radioactive rabbit trapped at nuclear reservation
Associated Press TRI-CITIES, Wash. — A radioactive rabbit was trapped on the Hanford nuclear reservation, and Washington state health workers have been searching for contaminated…
Massive solar flare ‘could paralyse Earth in 2013’
Daily Mail A massive solar flare could cause global chaos in 2013, causing blackouts and wrecking satellite communications, a conference heard yesterday. Nasa has warned…