Tardigrades dramatically increase expression of certain DNA repair transcripts in response to ionizing radiation.
The burst that originated some 2.4 billion light-years away from Earth and struck the planet on 9 October last year may have led to changes in the upper ionosphere, according to a new study.
The researchers say the melanin-containing fungus that thrives in Chernobyl could be used to create protective shields for future astronauts, it decreases radiation by at least 1.82 % and potentially up to 5.04 %.
A new radiation sensor developed by US researchers is a wearable, disposable, film-type device fabricated on a paper substrate with cells of the yeast patterned between two electrodes and used as a smart material.
Putting cell phone in the pockets or hang on a belt is recently proposed to be the cause of infertility, especially in the males
Italian researchers using data from the satellite PAMELA have proven that theories showing there ought to be a ring of antiprotons encircling the Earth due to cosmic rays colliding with nuclei in the upper atmosphere are correct. Piergiorgio Picozza from the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, and a host of colleagues have published the results of their findings in arXiv.
