But is the radioactive glass safe? The short answer: Yes. The Environmental Protection Agency notes that some antiques can ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new potential treatment for bone cancer. A bioactive glass laced with a toxic metal was able ...

Currently available protective measures and devices (lead glass screens and eye wear) are quite effective and practical for day-to-day use. Proper and regular use of these radiation protection tools ...

For now, the human genome-encoded “5D memory crystal” is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive, a time capsule project ...

Polycarbonate material is also a good UV shield. Some types of clear glass may transmit significant amounts of UV-A radiation and should not be relied on for UV protection unless UV shielding is ...

Scientists have synthesized a form of glass that can knit itself back together after being damaged by gamma radiation. Researchers observed films of chalcogenide glass with gamma-ray-induced ...

A lead apron attenuates approximately 95% of the scattered radiation that reaches the wearer. Lead rubber flaps, sliding lead screens and lead glass eye wear are extremely important and again cut down ...

Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back.

Did a Tri-Cities scientist eat radioactive uranium in the ‘80s to prove that it is harmless? Maybe, says a recent new fact ...

After decades of trying to stop Earth from heating up, scientists are exploring how to reverse climate change and maybe even ...

Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, Carl Elliott describes how he found himself careening through one of those unwelcoming inner courtyards that you find in large hospital centres.

Then, the glass was placed in room-temperature conditions. By 30 days later, the glass had recovered. "Because they're big atoms and weak bonds, over time, these bonds can relax back and reform ...