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12-Feb-10

US 'Star Wars' lasers bring down ballistic missile

"The US this week achieved a goal that has eluded it since Ronald Reagan's Star Wars programme by knocking out a ballistic missile using a high-powered laser beam mounted on a plane."

Category: Radiation, Weapons

4-Feb-10

Does safer flying mean a risk of radiation?

"Do the new body scanners at airports expose travellers to excessive radiation?"

Category: Radiation, Transport

24-Jan-10

Medical physics: 'I had 30 doses to my brain'

An article on new methods of radiotherapy for brain tumours


22-Jan-10

UV: Rickets warning from doctors as vitamin D deficiency widens

"Sharp rise in problem blamed on kids indoors playing computers and parents using too much sunscreen"

Category: Radiation

20-Jan-10

The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated

"Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation"


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