Frequent flyers and airline crews face a higher risk of radiation exposure from the sun. The risk is greatest on flights at high altitudes, over the poles or during solar events. Radiation exposure ...

Knowing that you're living with radiation sources might make you feel like there are scary dangers lurking around your home. But radioactive materials are actually found everywhere — in the earth, our ...

In 2019, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), whose mandate is to undertake scientific ...

Crew members onboard commercial airlines are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation at flight altitude from galactic sources. These exposures over time have a potential to adversely impact health. An ad ...

Radiation exposure may be the most insidious hazard in healthcare. It's invisible and odorless. You can't be sure whether you have not been exposed, so what is there to report? The effects may become ...

Radiation exposure, whether from natural sources, medical applications, nuclear events, or space environments, presents complex challenges that span ...

With the help of mannequins named Helga and Zohar and sensors placed inside a spacecraft, scientists have collected valuable data about radiation exposure for astronauts outside Earth’s sheltering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. Radiologists have fielded numerous questions in recent ...

The radiation detection landscape in 2026 is defined by a paradox: as proportional counters and smart sensors become more ubiquitous and integrated with AI, the fundamental physics of deadtime and ...