A scientific instrument at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help create a noninvasive cancer treatment derived from a common tropical plant.
Mar 6, 2023
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Cutting across demographic and geographic lines, cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than one in three men and women in America will be diagnosed ...
Aug 2, 2022
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(AP) -- Japan is ordering more tests on rice growing near a crippled nuclear plant after finding elevated levels of radiation, government officials said Saturday.
Sep 24, 2011
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Heart disease can directly cause brain dysfunction early on which could lead to dementia and can triple the amount of an Alzheimer's protein in the brain, say scientists.
Jan 13, 2022
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What ills do we risk from radiation to which we are exposed naturally, by choice, or by accident? The question looms large in the aftermath of the meltdown of fuel rods from nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power ...
Aug 15, 2011
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Developing new drugs that remain potent against emerging variants of COVID-19 is essential to stopping the spread of the highly contagious disease and protecting human health.
May 2, 2022
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After more than 50 years supporting research and industry as the most powerful university research reactor in the country, the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) is still making waves.
Nov 17, 2021
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Russia's war in Ukraine has renewed fears of nuclear disaster in a world that hasn't seriously grappled with the health effects of radiation since the 2011 Fukushima crisis.
Dec 8, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With more than 15 million endoscope procedures done on patients each year in the U.S. alone, scientists today reported evidence that a new version of these flexible instruments for diagnosing and treating ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Life begins at 40, but not for a small and ageing fleet of nuclear reactors vital for millions of life-saving medical procedures each year and using material that could go in an atomic bomb.
Mar 25, 2012
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