Tag: Radiation
Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer’s poor DNA repair abilities –...
Behzad Ebrahimi, University of Chicago and Mark Korpics, University of Chicago
Nearly half of all cancer patients undergo radiation...
Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding...
Najmedin Meshkati, University of Southern California
A blast on June 6, 2023, destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper...
Breast cancer awareness campaigns too often overlook those with metastatic breast...
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University
Is there anyone who isn’t aware of breast cancer?
Since 1985,...
Cell towers have come to symbolize our deep collective anxieties
Steven Jones, University of South Florida
The new movie “Fall” is a survival-thriller about two young women, Becky and...
Breast cancer awareness campaigns can do a better job supporting women...
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University
Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe October as...
Male fertility is declining – studies show that environmental toxins could...
Ryan P. Smith, University of Virginia
In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians...
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food – and by changing...
Barbara Demmig-Adams, University of Colorado Boulder
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What’s the big idea?
Current industrialized food systems were optimized...
When it comes to brain tumors, a patient’s sex matters
Joshua Rubin, Washington University in St Louis
Have you ever wondered why, in most species, males are larger and more ornamented than females? It’s an...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
