New threat

Government failure

Radioactive leak

No ozone depletion over India yet

The ozone layer over India is in place, though there is a trend towards depletion, say meteorologists

Sealing the tomb

A foam spray can be used to seal the hazardous debris at Chernobyl, Ukraine, and also to safely transport radioactive wastes

Europe gives elee ronies industry a reprieve

Though Indian electronics exporters heaved a sigh of relief following the postponement of die EC trade restrictions low, there are still fears …

Threats from the past

Cold War nuclear testing has caused 11,000 cancer deaths in the US

Danger zone

Heat quencher

Mobile danger

NGO suggests cellphone safety measures

'5G is unlikely to cause health concerns'

India plans to begin 5G trials by 2020, but experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. The fifth …

Warning signal

Telecom service providers’ study shows mobile phone towers are safe. But are they?

Victimised by radiation

Dubious diet

Radiation remedy

Antibiotic-protein combo may alleviate radiation sickness

Spaced out waste

Right to dump

Causing cancer

Radiation alert

Non-radioactive

Treating radioactive wastewater from ammunition plants

Space mirror "illumines" Europe by night

A Russian attempt to light up the night by using sunlight reflected from a huge space-based mirror failed to come up to expectations but could …

Sun plays marginal role in global warming

Variations in solar radiations contribute little to global warming and researchers say efforts to check the phenomenon must focus on greenhouse gases.

Endemic encounter

Some children appear to have received close to 100 rads. The radiation has mainly occurred from iodine 131, a radioactive form of iodine that is …

Counting losses

A new instrument makes the task of monitoring ozone levels easier

Eskimo experiment