Japan to spend USD 970 mn on nuclear soil store: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 11:57

Japan is planning to earmark USD 970 million for a storage facility for tens of thousands of tonnes of soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima disaster.

Manned exploration of Mars possible as radiation risk found `manageable`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 11:22

Scientists have established from the radiation measurements received from the Radiation Assessment Detector on NASA`s Curiosity rover that even though manned missions to Mars could be risky, the radiation hazards are more manageable than originally believed.

6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 10:07

Six people tested for possible radiation exposure have been released from hospital but remain under detention as suspects in the theft of a truck carrying highly radioactive cobalt-60, officials have said.

Geoengineering techniques may fail to undo climate change

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 16:36

Researchers have showed that reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet`s surface by geoengineering may not undo climate change after all.

`India not informing people that mobile phones pose no threat to health`

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 10:15

India is not forthcoming in informing the people that mobile phones and towers pose no threat to health and they do not cause brain cancer, WHO`s Radiation and Environmental Health Unit`s first coordinator Michael Repacholi said today.

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Earth`s Van Allen radiation belts

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:25

Researchers are unravelling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth.

NASA probe to determine hazards of deep-space radiation

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 10:19

Scientists have published comprehensive findings on space-based radiation as measured by a University of New Hampshire led detector aboard NASA`s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Sun emits another `X-class` solar flare

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 19:42

NASA`s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured Sun emitting an X1.1 class flare in the early hours last Sunday.

New techniques may boost gen-next lasers

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 21:46

Scientists have developed new techniques to boost efficiency of gen-next `bosonic` lasers that can dramatically improve future devices used for sensing and communication.

ESA retires `Big Bang radiation absorbing` Planck space telescope

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 14:21

ESA`s Planck space telescope has been switched off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars and galaxies throughout the history of the Universe.

Japan Mayor offers Fukushima kids home in his town

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 15:02

A generation ago, Dr. Akira Sugenoya performed lifesaving cancer surgery on more than 100 children after the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe. Today, as mayor of a central Japanese city, he`s trying to avoid a repeat of his own history.

No sperm impact for bulls from Fukushima radiation: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 15:13

The testes and sperm count of bulls abandoned in the evacuation zone around the battered Fukushima nuclear plant were not affected by chronic exposure to radiation, a Japanese academic study has found.