Potassium iodide (KI) has emerged as one of the most critical medical countermeasures in the event of radioactive exposure, ...

Potassium iodide tablets, which provide protection during radiation emergencies, are being distributed for free in Middletown in April. What to know ...

Potassium iodide supplements are flying off drug-store shelves in the United States, according to a number of reports. There are two reasons why this is not a good thing. One, experts have repeatedly ...

Lead recycled from centuries-old ammunition provides raw materials for perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells (example pictured), which convert sunlight to electricity with high efficiency, ...

As Russia’s assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plants, or from the use of a nuclear bomb, has triggered surging ...

Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to goiter, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, breast cancer, and ...

As the glam metal band Cinderella once said, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. I’m relatively certain they weren’t talking about snow, but let’s pretend they were anyway: Global warming ...