Scientists have been arguing about the health risks from radiation since the end of the 19th century, when radioactivity was first discovered. Today, with electricity demand soaring and AI companies ...

Nuclear energy is capturing attention in today's market, but some of the sector's hottest stocks are riskier than others.

The former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl is now experiencing a power outage amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, prompting concerns of “nuclear discharge.” Experts say the hazard risk is low ...

Most people interpret radiation as a bad thing—but it isn’t always. In fact, radiation is a very normal phenomenon. For now, let’s just say that radiation is when an object produces energy. When a ...

In the semiconductor industry, the use of radiation-hardened power MOS devices to avoid latchup is less common than hardening logic and memories to avoid single-event upsets. Going the less-traveled ...

Robert Hargraves is right to reject the theory that “any level of radiation is harmful” (“How Much Radiation Is Too Much?” op-ed, Sept. 22). This theory, proposed in 1946, before DNA was discovered, ...

Toyota is arguing that the world is looking at electric vehicles the wrong way, not only as a new source of electricity ...

Mission-critical hardware used in space is not supposed to fail at all, because lives may be lost in addition to resources, availability, performance, and budgets. For space applications, failure can ...

Throughout human history, people have harnessed or tamed various naturally occurring and sometimes dangerous forces as a means of controlling the outcome to our benefit. For example, we’ve been able ...