Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, ...

Foreign ministers from the G7 are discussing a major effort to repair damage to the protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chernobyl ...

In November 2016, a massive metal dome was erected over the remains of the reactor paid for with almost 2.5 billion dollars ...

Hard-to-kill mould could be used to protect people living on the Moon and Mars from deadly cosmic rays ...

Forty years after the reactor explosion, the wildlife around Chernobyl has recovered in strange and unexpected ways.

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 ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...