Sunlight, wind and waves break down plastic debris into smaller and smaller pieces that eventually become microplastics. Learn how the IAEA and its partners are helping scientists to improve how they measure this microplastic pollution worldwide.  Continue reading →

The IAEA has designated the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission as an IAEA Collaborating Centre in plant breeding and associated technologies for food and nutrition security. Continue reading →

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has increased the number of reactors in hot shutdown to two units and has also started operating mobile diesel boilers as part of efforts to generate more heating during the winter, including to the nea... Continue reading →

IAEA scientists and experts from international laboratories are visiting Japan this week to take marine samples near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Continue reading →

Papua New Guinea has taken important steps to increase access to cancer services since the IAEA carried out its first imPACT Review in 2013 together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Continue reading →

We find ourselves in an unprecedented time, where hunger and malnutrition are on the rise, posing a threat to  humanity. Continue reading →

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched ‘Atoms4Food’, a new flagship initiative to help boost food security and tackle growing hunger around the world. Continue reading →

We need to use every tool we have to grow more highly-nutritious food in an environmentally sustainable way. Nuclear techniques and applications are powerful tools with which we can do just that, and Atoms4Food will maximize their positive impact. ... Continue reading →