Radiation for dummies
Meet Helga and Zohar, the dummies destined for a pioneering lunar flyby to help protect space travelers from cosmic rays and energetic solar storms.
Space Exploration
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News tagged with radiation doses
Wearable 'microbrewery' saves human body from radiation damage
The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure, enabling a faster assessment of tissue damage that could lead to cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2018
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Chemical complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear power plant disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, 90Sr was released into the atmosphere and the ocean. 90Sr is harmful ...
Biochemistry
Jun 4, 2018
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Scientists calculate radiation dose in bone remains from Hiroshima bombing victim
The bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945 was the first and only use of nuclear weapons against civilian targets. Researchers conducted a series of studies in its aftermath to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 30, 2018
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Lightning produces afterglow of gamma radiation
Lightning can produce X-rays and gamma radiation. In the past, researchers thought that this phenomenon only lasted for a very short time, about one ten-thousandth of a second. However, the ionizing radiation of lightning ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2017
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Positive, negative or neutral, it all matters: NASA explains space radiation
Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these particles to solve one of its biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars: space radiation and its ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2017
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Calabrese says mistake led to adopting the LNT model in toxicology
Edward Calabrese, the University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental toxicologist who has long been a critic of the current linear no-threshold (LNT) approach to risk assessment for radiation and toxic chemicals, argues ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2017
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World's first primary standard developed for molecular radiotherapy
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed the world's first primary standard for molecular radiotherapy (MRT) to ensure its safe, effective use in the treatment of cancer.
General Physics
Jan 23, 2017
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Forget Fukushima—Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health
The 1986 Chernobyl and 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents both share the notorious distinction of attaining the highest accident rating on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) scale of nuclear accidents. ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2016
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New tests provide assurance to MRI-guided radiotherapy
Researchers from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), VSL and the University of Michigan have taken a crucial step towards accurate dosimetry for MRI-guided radiotherapy - a state-of-the-art cancer treatment.
General Physics
Sep 16, 2015
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