Chornobyl dogs aren’t different because of mutation

"Studying companion animals like these dogs offers a window into the kinds of adverse health risks that people may face."

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min

Big thunderstorms create a surprising amount of radiation

"As it turns out, essentially all big thunderstorms generate gamma rays all day long in many different forms."

Duke University • futurity
Oct. 4, 2024 ~9 min


Radiation at Chornobyl is no big deal for these worms

Radiation from the Chornobyl nuclear disaster hasn't damaged the genomes of worms living there today. The resilience could clarify human risk.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~9 min

Can radiation therapy treat heart failure?

Low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart function in various forms of heart failure, a new study shows.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
Nov. 29, 2023 ~6 min

Does low-dose radiation raise cancer risk?

A new study finds a link between long-term, low-dose radiation exposure and a higher risk of cancer. That matters for patients and workers.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Aug. 17, 2023 ~4 min

Videos help kids with cancer skip anesthesia during radiation

Zoning out to a favorite video during radiation treatments can help kids with cancer hold still and skip anesthesia, a new study shows.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
May 10, 2023 ~10 min

New approach cuts number of CT scans for kids

A new effort significantly reduces the number of unnecessary CT scans in children, limiting exposure to harmful radiation.

Scott Hesel - U. Rochester • futurity
Jan. 31, 2023 ~5 min

3D imaging tracks cancer radiation in real time

A technique that tracks radiation in real time promises safer, more effective cancer therapy with less collateral damage, researchers say.

Jim Lynch-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 6, 2023 ~5 min


Gel-like implant destroys pancreatic cancer in mice

A new approach that combines a gel-like radiation implant and chemotherapy completely dissolved pancreatic cancer in 80% percent of mice.

Ken Kingery-Duke • futurity
Oct. 21, 2022 ~8 min

Radiotherapy may explain heart disease in childhood cancer survivors

Long after surviving childhood cancer, some otherwise healthy young adults go on to develop cardiometabolic disease. Radiation may be to blame.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Nov. 10, 2021 ~7 min

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