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What is Radiation? | IAEA
Radiation is energy that moves from one place to another in a form that can be described as waves or particles . We are exposed to radiation in our everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of radiation include the sun, microwave ovens in our kitchens and the radios we listen to in our cars.
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Radiation - Wikipedia
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium.
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Radiation Basics | US EPA
Radiation is energy. It can come from unstable atoms that undergo radioactive decay, or it can be produced by machines.
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radiation
radiation (reɪdɪˈeɪʃən) [ad. L. radiātiōn-em n. of action from radiāre: see radiate v. and cf. F. radiation (1469).] 1. a. The action or condition of sending out rays of light. Now rare (see note to 2).1626 Bacon Sylva §125 So it [sound] paralleleth in so many other things with the Sight, and Radiat...
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Radiation Therapy for Cancer: How Does It Work? - Cleveland Clinic
Radiation therapy — or radiotherapy — is a common cancer treatment that uses radiation (usually high-powered X-rays) to kill cancer cells ...
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Radiation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Radiation is energy that travels in the form of waves or particles and is part of our everyday environment. People are exposed to radiation from cosmic rays, as ...
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radiation/ˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃn; ˌredɪ`eʃən/ n1 [U](a) (the sending out of) heat, energy, etc in the form of rays (热、 能等的)放射; 辐射的热、 能等 a combination of radiation and convection, eg in a gas fire 辐射和对流的结合(如在煤气炉中).(b) (the sending out of) rays and atomic particles from radioactive substances (自放射性物质中放射出的)射线和原子粒...
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Definition of radiation - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Energy released in the form of particle or electromagnetic waves. Common sources of radiation include radon gas, cosmic rays from outer space, medical x-rays.
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Radiation Basics | NRC.gov
Radiation is energy given off by matter in the form of rays or high-speed particles. All matter is composed of atoms.
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Radiation - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Radiation is energy in transit in the form of high-speed particles or electromagnetic waves. In typical usage, the word radiation means the ionizing radiation.
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Radiation - Overview | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Radiation may be defined as energy traveling through space. Non-ionizing radiation is essential to life, but excessive exposures will cause tissue damage.
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About radiation therapy With radiation therapy, could some of the radiation used cause new mutations in non-cancerous cells that are near the tumour that is being irradiated? If so could these new mutations lead to ne...
Here the radiation therapy is the therapy of choice. The effect of the therapy is that the tumor cells get a high radiation dose which either kills them or drives them into apoptosis.
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Aside from cockroaches and other insects, which species (of all kinds) are 'immune' to ionizing radiation? I have just been reading this excellent question and answer about cockroaches ability to withstand ionizing ra...
According to Paul Stamets, _Gomphidius glutinosus_ is especially well suited to collecting Cesium-137: > _G. glutinosus_ has been reported to absorb – via the mycelium – and concentrate radioactive Cesium 137 more than 10,000-fold over ambient background levels. That article and Stamets' book _Mycel...
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radiation implosion definition
Radiation implosion is the compression of a target by the use of high levels of electromagnetic radiation.
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why is hawking radiation important
Hawking radiation is thermal radiation that is theorized to be released outside a black hole's event horizon because of relativistic quantum effects.
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