Uncle Sam conducted several pointless and destructive experiments on his own people during the Cold War. The most infamous was MKUltra, the CIA's project to develop procedures for mind control using ...

Hunters Point community activist Marie Harrison, center, was a constant critic of the Navy and land developers, highlighting the radioactive and toxic contamination from the shipyard and radiation lab ...

Physicists at the UK’s Central Laser Facility have recorded the first observation of quantum radiation reaction, detecting how electrons lose energy in ways that classical physics cannot explain when ...

Scenes from the nuclear theater of a long cold war: In the 1940s and '50s, when Americans still trusted their doctors and their government, researchers subjected hundreds of ill-informed people to ...

As NASA leads the way for human exploration at the Moon and beyond, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews face. In 2018, NASA signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Saint-Hubert, Quebec, October 18, 2001 – The Canadian Space Agency, in partnership with Thomson Nielsen of Ottawa, Ontario, has developed an experiment that will allow researchers, for the first time ...

A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has proposed using safety monitoring at synchrotron facilities to study the ...

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