When Japan announced its plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the backlash was swift and fierce – especially in South Korea. But behind the anger lay a shadowy culprit ...

This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it has developed a more accurate method to estimate radiation exposure doses among people who spend time around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

An interim disposal area for soil contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (seen at rear) is seen in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, in this March 3, 2024, file photo. (Mainichi ...

This means that the damage has multiple chances to generate harmful mutations, which can lead to cancer. While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms ...

Their findings, published in Nature Aging, describe a never-before-seen link between the two most accepted explanations: random genetic mutations and predictable epigenetic modifications.

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant said Wednesday that it will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be ...

When it comes to travel destinations, Fukushima may not be the first place you’d think to see the cherry blossoms in the spring. Located in Japan's northeastern region of Tohoku, it is easily ...

The mitochondrial proteome encompasses about 1,500 proteins encoded by both the nuclear DNA and the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA. Mutations in the nuclear or mitochondrial genome, or ...