The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the ...

A recent study has confirmed that the Chernobyl radiation disaster caused DNA mutations in the children of workers exposed to ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, researchers revealed. Almost 40 years since the ...

After a nuclear catastrophe, radiation contaminates soil, water, and entire ecosystems, creating environments toxic to human life. In exclusion zones where radiation levels remain high, wildlife moves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through ...

Khaberni - Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, a new study reveals clear evidence of some effects of radiation exposure being passed to the next generation. Research ...

A group of scientists has published findings on bacteria which survived extreme conditions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Analyzing wild boar samples was required to determine why radioactivity levels are not decreasing. Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some ...

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the ...