Elevated levels of a radioactive gas have been detected at Inverness' new sheriff court. Radon is a naturally occurring gas found all over the world and comes from minute amounts of uranium in ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for ...

It can also emit the radioactive gas radon, which has been known to cause significant health problems. "About 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the U.S. are radon-related," the EPA said.

Radon is a radioactive gas that can cause cancer, but most Minnesota schools don’t even know whether or not they have it. In fact, the Minnesota Department of Health says less than half of all public ...

Waste that remains in the rock, now called phosphogypsum, includes radionuclide radium — which decays into radon, a radioactive gas. The project is meant to test the environmental impact of its ...

A naturally-occuring element found in soil and rock, radon is a radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer with prolonged exposure. It’s the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers ...

ROBESONIA, Pa. - A Berks County borough is taking part in a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) initiative to test for radon. It's a problem common in the Commonwealth in the ...

Oil and gas waste can become radioactive during the extraction process. As workers drill deep into the earth, they encounter naturally occurring materials like radium, radon, uranium, potassium ...