This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not only themselves, but their children, to hidden genetic damage. The ...

Children of workers who cleaned up the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site have a higher frequency of DNA mutations, a study published in Scientific Reports found. The researchers analysed the genomes of ...

Radiation affects air, soil, and water differently, and its behavior can even vary depending on the type of plant.

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) - The memory of the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident was honored in Minsk on 26 April. Chernobyl clean-up workers, heads and employees of various ...