Joseph Randriarimalala and Bodonirina Rasoloarisoa, a farming couple in central eastern Madagascar, noticed that their half hectare land was becoming less and less fertile and producing lower yields, but they did not know why and what to do. Continue reading →

Interested in nuclear technology? Take part in the IAEA’s International Student Competition and win a trip to Moscow. Continue reading →

A nuclear technique has successfully been used to suppress a major pest – the tsetse fly – in Senegal without inadvertently harming other insects, an eight-year study shows. Continue reading →

Soil, vegetation and water can be contaminated with natural and artificial radionuclides, including in agricultural, forest and urban environments. Continue reading →

Today, nuclear power provides 10% of the world’s electricity. But to stem climate change, we’re going to need far greater amounts of clean and reliable energy. Continue reading →

In low- and middle-income countries there are often too few radiotherapy medical physicists available for cancer care services, and there are even fewer who are qualified to supervise training programmes of new medical physicists and advance research i... Continue reading →

What's ahead for the IAEA and the global nuclear agenda in 2020? Here is a preview of selected meetings and events: February Continue reading →

Linear accelerators are used to create radiation to treat cancer, sterilise medical equipment and much more. Continue reading →