Radiation

A particular type of UV light, shown here with a scintillator composed of plastics, could revolutionize the practices of flu prevention.

A cure for the flu? It could be as simple as sitting under a lamp.

Researchers say that when they came across their most recent discovery to prevent the flu a light bulb went off — a UV light bulb.

A cure for the flu? It could be as simple as sitting under a lamp.
Most Americans are never too far away from their cell phones. To date there have been no evidence of harmful radiation effects from the collective scientific community in spite of a recent report from California.

A California public health report suggests that cellphone exposure is bad for us — but the scientific community isn't so sure

A California public health report suggests that cellphone exposure is bad for us — but the scientific community isn't so sure
Children play near a Geiger counter that monitors radiation at a kindergarten about 30 miles from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The government is increasingly pushing families displaced by the disaster to return to their home

Some of Japan's 'nuclear refugees' can finally go home — but they don't want to

Some of Japan's 'nuclear refugees' can finally go home — but they don't want to
A man walks between a fallow rice field at Miyakoji area in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture on April 1, 2014. The area was finally opened to residents three years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Riding the bus through Japan's forbidden nuclear zone

Riding the bus through Japan's forbidden nuclear zone
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
Pete Knutson and his son Dylan sell local Pacific salmon at outdoor markets around the Seattle area. The sign on their stall at a recent market in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood reads, “In response to multiple customer inquiries regarding the Fukushima i

Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say

Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.

Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say

In Japan, Citizen Radiation-Tracking Project Goes Big Time

A post-Fukushima effort to crowdsource radiation data in Japan has since become the largest source of radiation data in the country. And it's now set to expand to other parts of the world. Catherine Winter reports from Tokyo.

In Japan, Citizen Radiation-Tracking Project Goes Big Time

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'

Two years after the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster, life is still far from normal for survivors. Anxiety over radiation and discrimination is now causing mental health problems and a slew of social problems from divorce to suicide.

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'

Touring ghost towns left behind by Japan's nuclear disaster

More than 100,000 people living within 12 miles of the Fukushima plant were ordered out -- a journalist touring an abandoned town in the area describes what he found.

Touring ghost towns left behind by Japan's nuclear disaster
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Safecast Crowdsourced Radation Data and the Unknown

Safecast volunteers collect radiation data using their own Geiger counters.

Safecast Crowdsourced Radation Data and the Unknown
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Radiation from Fukushima Nuke Plant More Than Expected

Japan says the radiation from the Fukushima plant was double the initial estimates.

Radiation from Fukushima Nuke Plant More Than Expected

Cancer Deaths in Chernobyl, Brazil Invests in Science

Cancer Deaths in Chernobyl, Brazil Invests in Science

Searching for impossible silence

Noise permeates every aspect of modern life, especially city life. Is there anywhere a person can go for real silence?

Searching for impossible silence

The Right to Know: Irradiated Food Labels

The Food and Drug Administration wants to change the language of food labels for products that are treated with radiation. Consumer groups claim the proposal is an attempt to mask unsanitary industrial practices.

The Right to Know: Irradiated Food Labels
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Environmental Health Note/Can You Hear Me Now?

Environmental Health Note/Can You Hear Me Now?