Technetium-99m is the most widely used radioisotope in diagnostic nuclear medicine. Continue reading →

Five million irradiated fruit flies burst out of white boxes every Saturday and race to stop female flies from breeding larvae-filled eggs in Trok Nong, a small rural town in eastern Thailand. Continue reading →

Workers in coal mines can be exposed to radiation emitted from naturally occurring radioactive material such as uranium and thorium. Occupational radiation protection programmes aim to minimize the associated health risks. Continue reading →

Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialized world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power plant. Continue reading →

Much of the Philippines’ spice and herbal products industry relies on the country’s only gamma irradiator for microbiological decontamination, but the facility at the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) can no longer cope with the increased de... Continue reading →

The use of radiation in improving crop varieties offers an effective means of adapting agricultural crops to changing weather conditions, while also increasing yields to feed a growing population, agreed speakers at a session at the International Sympo... Continue reading →

Brought under control in much of the developed world, tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the leading causes of death in many developing countries. Continue reading →

Over 400 experts from around the world are at the IAEA headquarters to take part in the International Symposium on Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology. Continue reading →