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- #REDIRECT Definition:Radiation ...34 bytes (3 words) - 20:17, 30 April 2024
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation CMB (also CMBR, CBR, MBR, and relic radiation) is a form of electromagnetic radiation ...47 KB (6,936 words) - 08:12, 10 January 2024
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
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- #REDIRECT Definition:Radiation ...34 bytes (3 words) - 20:17, 30 April 2024
- Infrared (IR) is a term used for radiation in a particular, invisible ... The discovery of infrared radiation is commonly ascribed to the astronomer ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- Isotropy is a term used in various scientific disciplines to indicate that certain properties of a part of nature (such as a material or radiation ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation. The "electromagnetic spectrum" (or just spectrum ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- Anisotropy is a term used in various scientific disciplines to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material or radiation) vary ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- formula. He is known for the laws of radiation associated with phosphorescence. ... to intuitively compare the types of radiation and led him to accept the ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Alpha radiation that is external to the body is generally not harmful ... Alpha particles are a highly ionizing form of particle radiation, ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and thus the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, there is variation in ... In the case of electromagnetic radiation, such as light, in a vacuum ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- letter beta (β), are a form of ionizing radiation and are also known as beta rays. ... * Turner, James E. 1995. Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of the interactions between atoms, molecules, and light (or electromagnetic radiation). ...4 KB (569 words) - 04:25, 24 November 2022
- than microwaves are grouped as infrared radiation (or submillimeter waves ... Charles Piazzi Smyth detected infrared radiation in the light of the Moon. ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- A carcinogen is any substance or agent that can cause cancer. A carcinogen can be a chemical, radiation, radionuclide (an atom with an unstable ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
- on February 14, 1961, at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory (now called ... lawrencium were produced, it would pose a radiation hazard. Very little is ...6 KB (798 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- of the cosmic microwave background radiation, and today only a very ... of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1965, which was predicted ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 19:55, 9 February 2023
- In physics, a black body (in an ideal sense) is an object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- * Turner, James E. Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0471595810 == External links == ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- are excellent detectors of far-infrared radiation and are valuable for infrared ... among the best detectors of far-infrared radiation, and they are used for ...5 KB (694 words) - 05:04, 24 November 2022
- The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation (infrared) emitted by the earth surface is absorbed by atmospheric gases only ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
- are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and are produced by phenomena such as explosions and high-speed collisions. Thus, gamma-ray ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:09, 18 April 2024
- harmful, high-frequency ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the Sun. ... UV radiation is divided into three categories, based on its wavelength; ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- and in terms of its potential for radiation induced health effects, 227Ac is even more dangerous than plutonium. Ingesting even small amounts ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- (force carriers), or the constituents of radiation. The quantum fields of ... one example of which is black-body radiation; another is the thermal ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 17:22, 22 December 2022
- that sound and light (electromagnetic radiation) can also be described ... * Electromagnetic radiation, which is constituted of radio waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- other costs, such as its foundations, radiation shielding, and the enclosing ... to penetrate the body and kill tumors by radiation damage, while minimizing ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- The beam is not always electromagnetic radiation, although X-rays are the ... The three types of radiation—X-rays, electrons, and neutrons—interact ...12 KB (1,754 words) - 06:35, 11 January 2024
- flexibility, and accuracy of the radiation beam produced has largely ... in that the particles emit synchrotron radiation. When any charged particle ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. The development of radio ... equations had shown that electromagnetic radiation from stellar sources could ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Compton scattering is of prime importance in radiation therapy. In ... nuclei in living beings and is applied in radiation therapy. ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 00:23, 8 January 2024
- form in the center, and their ultraviolet radiation ionizes the surrounding ... temperature increases and the ultraviolet radiation it emits is capable of ...9 KB (1,435 words) - 16:07, 11 November 2022
- the absorption of energy from electromagnetic radiation such as x-rays or visible light.Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists & Engineers ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- he produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today ... When others wished to name the new radiation after him, he indicated ...11 KB (1,777 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- in controlled doses to treat cancer by radiation therapy. In addition, radon ... In the United States, the National Council on Radiation Protection ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- Organic matter influences the atmospheric radiation field by both scattering ... affects how it interacts with solar radiation. The chemical constituents ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- of the surrounding air. Nearly all alpha radiation can be easily stopped by ... emissions are controlled, thus minimizing radiation hazards. ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- rays, the cosmic microwave background radiation, and the composition of ... * In radio astronomy, scientists study radiation with a wavelength ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than soft X-rays. The name ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:30, 18 April 2023
- that may be occurring at or near the radiation sources. ... Nearly all of the X-ray radiation from cosmic sources is absorbed ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- amount of 241Am as a source of ionizing radiation. In addition, this isotope ... of 241Am as a source of ionizing radiation. 241Am has been used as ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- At least some of the heating comes from the sunlight, i.e. solar radiation ... As solar radiation warms the air near the ground, this air rises, ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 19:14, 28 November 2021
- it is used in controlled doses for radiation therapy for certain types ... and stored with extreme care. Exposure to radiation from this element can lead ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- ** Radiation treatment of foods for sterilization (cold pasteurization). ... which means that the edge of the radiation field is fuzzy. The metal ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- particles. He also investigated the radiation emissions of radioactive ... rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 05:21, 24 November 2022
- material by selective exposure to a radiation source such as light. A photosensitive material is a material that experiences a change in its ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- Planets also lose energy by infrared radiation (that Fourier called "chaleur ... Fourier recognized that Earth primarily gets energy from solar radiation ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 00:38, 11 August 2022
- to the different forms of electromagnetic radiation, from radio waves at the ... that hot objects emit electromagnetic radiation in discrete packets, which ...14 KB (1,902 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- 151°C (303°F), one thousand times more radiation than any other animal ... *Radiation. As shown by Raul M. May from the University of Paris, ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- but produces a large amount of neutron radiation from spontaneous fission ... Curium bio-accumulates in bone tissue where its radiation destroys ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- overseen by the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Argonne National ... H. Higgins, Glenn T. Seaborg (from the Radiation Laboratory and Department ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- Radioactive decay is the process by which an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- particles (later named the Van Allen radiation belt), trapped by the earth’s ... to test a theory about the formation of radiation belts that may have tactical ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- plasma, as well as electromagnetic radiation. Hypothetically, it also ... becomes insignificant when compared to radiation pressure from the sun and ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- neutron star, which emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays to radio ... The Crab Nebula acts as a source of radiation for studying celestial ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- subjecting berkelium to intense neutron radiation in a nuclear reactor. ... and brain cancers, in cases where other radiation therapy is ineffective. ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- nuclear reactors and as a shield against radiation from radioactive materials. ... in nuclear reactors, as a shield against radiation and in neutron detection. ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation that could damage living ... ozone layer that absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun—radiation ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- are radioactive. As a source of beta radiation, it is used in thickness ... * Beta radiation source for thickness gauges. * Light source for signals ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- #039;s climate, based on the amount of radiation they reflect and absorb ... so that the intensity of the solar radiation decreases with depth into ...17 KB (2,628 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- In modern physics, the photon is the elementary particle responsible for electromagnetic phenomena. It is the carrier of electromagnetic radiation ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- X-rays (or Röntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies ...25 KB (3,822 words) - 14:14, 20 May 2023
- logic gates in electronic devices; for radiation and particle detectors; ... are also used as large volume ionizing radiation detectors and as photodetectors ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- climate is the constant ultra violet radiation that streams into the ocean from the Antarctic ozone hole. As the ozone hole continues to expand ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- Marie correctly maintained that the radiation emanating from them was ... by their joint researches on the ionizing radiation phenomena discovered by ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- The Earth's atmosphere is opaque to ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays, and partially opaque to infrared radiation. Therefore ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- that is approximately water equivalent for use in radiation therapy dosimetry. Anthracenes emission spectrum peaks at between 400nm and 440nm. ...4 KB (576 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- light; diamonds also emit light under X-ray radiation. Crude oil (petroleum ... where { k}_{ f} is the rate of spontaneous emission of radiation and ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between ... had also discovered three types of radiation coming from atoms, which ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- detection and analysis of electromagnetic radiation and ... the detection and analysis of infrared radiation (wavelengths longer than ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- the existence of electromagnetic radiation waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect them. His discovery was a key step on the path ...15 KB (2,237 words) - 15:17, 25 January 2023
- with heat transfer due to convection and radiation. It is measured in the ... *thermal transmittance (U value) = 1/(Σ(L/k)) + convection + radiation ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- transfer: convection, conduction, and radiation. They are good convective ... Silica aerogel strongly absorbs infrared radiation. It allows the ...18 KB (2,574 words) - 05:49, 16 June 2023
- cells that respond to electromagnetic radiation in the visible range. ... * The optic radiation * The visual cortex The visual system allows ...14 KB (2,075 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation CMB (also CMBR, CBR, MBR, and relic radiation) is a form of electromagnetic radiation ...47 KB (6,936 words) - 08:12, 10 January 2024
- the students solved problems such as radiation protection from cosmic ... Radiation: Space radiation has two distinct problems. One is that ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- end of the Permian period allowed for the radiation of many new lifeforms. ... Cretaceous provided for further adaptive radiation. The Jurassic was the height ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- Cockroaches do indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates ... The cockroach's ability to withstand radiation better than human ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 22:18, 7 January 2024
- Uranus. He also discovered infrared radiation and made many other discoveries ... 1800 reported the discovery of infrared radiation by passing sunlight through ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- In 1900, to solve a vexing problem concerning the radiation emitted ... ===Black-body radiation=== In 1894, Planck had been commissioned by ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- Around the same time, the concept that electromagnetic radiation is ... Albert Einstein proposed that the energy of electromagnetic radiation ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- harmful external influences such as radiation and micrometeorites. Components ... environmental considerations such as radiation, gravity, noise, vibration ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- . This localization focuses the radiation exposure on the cancerous lesion. *The radioisotope 90Sr is also used in cancer therapy. Its beta emission ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- place, the heat is transferred mainly by radiation to tubes around the fire ... tubes receive almost all their heat by radiation from the flame. In a vertical ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- table, it was found at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory of the University ... ground state of 236U by emitting gamma radiation. Further neutron capture ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Solar radiation also affects the oceans. Warm water from the Equator ... * Thermal radiation == Notes == ==References== * Bejan, Adrian. Convection ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- In common usage, the term light (or visible light) refers to electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range that is visible to the human eye ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- The speed of all electromagnetic radiation in vacuum is the same, ... Therefore, if v is the phase velocity of radiation of a specific frequency ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- and groundwater. This cycle is driven by radiation from the Sun. The movement ... The source of energy is primarily solar radiation. Evaporation is closely ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- ==Dipole radiation== In addition to dipoles in electrostatics, it is also common to consider an electric or magnetic dipole that is oscillating ...20 KB (3,037 words) - 15:26, 29 January 2024
- Infrared saunas use a special heater that generates infrared radiation rays similar to that produced by the sun. Unlike the sun’s ultraviolet ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- does not interact with electromagnetic radiation, such as light. photons (the cosmic microwave background radiation) and neutrinos from the ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- === Thermopile radiation sensors === Thermopiles are used for measuring the intensity of incident radiation ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- time as the start of the main kestrel radiation, about 2 million years ... that the most successful evolutionary radiation initially was an Holarctic ...17 KB (2,440 words) - 01:46, 29 June 2022
- Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery metal that is found in most rare-earth minerals. It is relatively stable ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- # An umbra, where the radiation from the star's photosphere is ... # A penumbra, where only a portion of the radiation is blocked.Fred ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- various altitudes and blocking of ultraviolet radiation.]] it absorbs biologically harmful UV radiation emitted from the Sun. UV ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- to be the maximum speed any object or radiation can attain in the universe.]] ... the maximum speed limit for any object or radiation in the universe, is expressed ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Discharge produce large amounts of UV radiation and therefore need diffusers ... insulation, protection from ultraviolet radiation, and a convenient mounting ...36 KB (5,574 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2022
- the first demonstration of annihilation radiation for medical imaging. ... The minimization of radiation dose to the subject is an attractive ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- Cosmic rays form a fraction of the annual radiation that people on ... blue-shifted cosmic microwave background radiation limit the distance that ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- to denaturation by protease, heat, radiation, and formalin treatments, ... Radiation biologist Tikvah Alper and physicist J. S. Griffith developed ...17 KB (2,526 words) - 23:00, 30 November 2022
- alpha particles (helium nuclei) in the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory's 60-inch cyclotron (256Md was the first element to be synthesized one-atom ...6 KB (778 words) - 04:30, 9 November 2022
- can be used to identify sources of radiation. Germanium dioxide is useful ... can precisely identify sources of radiation. These devices can be useful ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- In 1924 Bose wrote a paper deriving Planck's quantum radiation law without any reference to classical physics. After initial setbacks to ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 17:03, 23 December 2022
- viewers see these beams as pulses of radiation whenever the magnetic pole ... stars that emit directed pulses of radiation towards us at regular intervals ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- * Magill, Joseph, and Jean Galy. Radioactivity Radionuclides Radiation. Berlin: Springer, 2004. ISBN 3540211160 * Brown, G.I. Invisible Rays: ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 16:04, 3 August 2023
- measurement of temperature and optical radiation in addition to mechanical ... as a certain multiple of a specific radiation wavelength, and currently ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- (NIR and IR) and ultraviolet (UV) radiation and X rays. The visible ... known as the "auroral kilometric radiation" (AKR), discovered ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- electrons) to form showers of ionizing radiation that precede the ICME. ... particles are trapped in the Van Allen radiation belt. A smaller number ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- americium-241, which is a source of alpha radiation. The radiation passes through an ionization chamber, which is an air-filled space between ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- A laser (an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an electronic-optical device that emits coherent radiation ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- (such as the measurements and analysis of radiation from myriads of stars) ... to carry this energy through the star are radiation and convection, with the ...39 KB (5,825 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- |homology]] illustrated by the adaptive radiation of the forelimb of mammals ... mouthparts.png|thumb|left|250px|Adaptive radiation of insect mouthparts: a ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 16:13, 25 January 2023
- that does not emit or reflect electromagnetic radiation. Although it cannot be observed directly, its presence can be inferred from gravitational ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- into their central black holes to generate radiation. == Properties ... Quasars exhibit many of the same properties as active galaxies: Radiation ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- and shielding to protect against ionizing radiation. Lead (II) acetate is used ... *Lead is used to form shielding from harmful (ionizing) radiation ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964.A.A. Penzias and ... of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964 secured the Big ...58 KB (8,668 words) - 03:46, 1 October 2023
- Greenhouse gases also emit longwave radiation both upward to space ... and O2 neither absorb nor emit infrared radiation, as there is no net change ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 17:16, 16 February 2023
- used to reduce the dynamic range of the radiation reaching the detectors ... same acquisition, saving both time and radiation exposure. ...61 KB (9,364 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- An antiproton (symbol Antiproton , pronounced p-bar) is the antiparticle of the proton. An antiproton is relatively stable, but it is typically ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- and distortion of electromagnetic radiation by the Earth's atmosphere, and light pollution from artificial light sources on Earth. The only ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- circular rotation), entertainment, and radiation protection. Several of ... ===Radiation protection=== Cosmic rays and solar flares create a lethal ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- During the Mesozoic era, there was another great radiation of the crinoids with more modern forms, possessing flexible arms, becoming widespread. ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 16:49, 31 May 2020
- one in which phenomena such as (electromagnetic) radiation are held to be at least coequal with "commonly understood" matter as constituents ...18 KB (2,812 words) - 09:35, 10 March 2023
- Exposure to high levels of neutron radiation (such as from a nuclear reactor accident) converts some of the stable 23Na in human blood plasma ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- Zirconium (chemical symbol Zr, atomic number 40) is a strong, lustrous, gray-white metal that resembles titanium. It is obtained chiefly from ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- Rock is the simplest product, and at minimum is useful for radiation ... Mars and Earth. Water is useful as a radiation shield and in many chemical ...17 KB (2,555 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- Within the umbra, there is no direct solar radiation. However, as a result of the Sun's large angular size, solar illumination is only partially ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- numbers were related to observable radiation frequencies and intensities ... radioactive material which randomly emits radiation. The box has a shutter ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- neutrons. Tritium emits low-energy beta radiation that cannot penetrate human ... The low-energy beta radiation from tritium cannot penetrate human ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- *Plant responses to ultraviolet radiation can help us monitor problems ... * Caldwell, M. M. 1981. Plant response to solar ultraviolet radiation ...17 KB (2,438 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- carbon dioxide would trap incoming solar radiation. Because the raised temperature ... The difficulties are numerous; Europa is in the middle of a huge radiation ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- are primarily due to the effects of solar radiation on the comet's nucleus ... approaches the inner solar system, solar radiation causes the outer layers ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- the propagation of all electromagnetic radiation: Double the distance, quarter ... human cells (as is the case in ionizing radiation), but it is not currently ...37 KB (6,021 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- of deuterium needed, as well as the radiation losses during deuterium ... components of the weapons, and to use the radiation produced by the fission ...41 KB (6,221 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- example, nuclear reactors contain dangerous radiation, and nuclear reactions can cause so much heat that no substance might contain them. Therefore reactors ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- fission products) and also releases gamma radiation and free neutrons.Health ... Hirsch fusors are used to produce neutron radiation. *Radioactive decay ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- possible nuclear accident and on fears of radiation, as well as in opposition ... uses--for example, aircraft production, radiation shielding, and making bullets ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- of the potentially dangerous ultraviolet radiation in sunlight and gives color ... allows precise control of energy loss by radiation, convection and conduction ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 22:09, 12 October 2022
- ground state of U-236 by emitting gamma radiation. Further neutron capture ... McMillan and Philip Abelson at Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- amounts of energy both as electromagnetic radiation and as kinetic energy of ... and fragments, and as electromagnetic radiation in the form of gamma rays; ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range (what ... Electromagnetic radiation is characterized by its wavelength (or frequency ...32 KB (4,860 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- great at this initial stage of penguin radiation: on Seymour Island, Antarctica ... Palaeospheniscinae, as well as the radiation which gave rise to the ...36 KB (5,093 words) - 17:12, 26 March 2023
- (needed for disease prediction models), solar radiation and wind speed (needed to calculate evapotranspiration), and sometimes also soil moisture, crucial ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- survive wider extremes of temperature, radiation, and drought in the harsh ... fluctuating temperatures and cosmic radiation. After 15 days, the lichens ...19 KB (2,789 words) - 22:35, 25 October 2022
- above freezing or by direct solar radiation. By late spring, snow densities ... The snowpack absorbs solar shortwave radiation that is partially blocked ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- from the Sun. This additional heat radiation is produced by the "Kelvin ... field collects a large flux of particle radiation in Jupiter's radiation ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- Crust and Mantle Using Self-Descending, Radiation-Heated, Probes and Acoustic ... Crust and Mantle Using Self-Descending, Radiation-Heated, Probes and Acoustic ...21 KB (3,036 words) - 02:57, 6 November 2022
- nuclei, which are stable because the sun's radiation is very weak at their distance. The cloud provides a continual supply of new comets, replacing ...10 KB (1,441 words) - 10:34, 11 March 2023
- second, producing neutrinos and solar radiation. Current theory predicts ... Sun itself is opaque to electromagnetic radiation. However, just as seismology ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- blocks harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from reaching the Earth; ... . Here it filters harmful ultraviolet radiation from sunlight. Ozone can ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- in a nuclear reactor, it can later serve as a radiation source in portable X-ray devices. *The unstable isotope Tm-171 could possibly be used ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- * They emit enough high-frequency ultraviolet radiation to trigger ... by massive doses of gamma ray and X-ray radiation which might prove lethal ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- These pits are sensitive to infrared radiation, in effect giving the snakes ... When prey comes into range, infrared radiation falling onto the membrane ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
- through exposure to harmful chemicals or radiation, drug use, or infection ... may be exposed to harmful chemicals or radiation, perhaps as a result of ...21 KB (3,045 words) - 17:02, 18 September 2020
- the power to convert invisible ultraviolet radiation into radiation of longer wavelengths that are visible. The Stokes shift, which describes this ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- cadmium chalcogenides are sources of infrared radiation for studying chemical reactions. Furthermore, dysprosium is used for manufacturing compact discs ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- Another potential problem is that red dwarfs emit most of their radiation as infrared light, while on Earth plants use energy mostly in the visible ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- energy of the beta particles, shielding this radiation with the normally used dense materials (e.g. lead), gives rise to secondary emission of X-rays ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation that could damage living tissue. In addition, higher layers of the atmosphere protect the Earth ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- in the winter. The region has weakened UV radiation, particularly the UVB ... reduced ultraviolet component of solar radiation, and the higher atmospheric ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- cancer was a result of having been exposed to radiation at a site previously used for nuclear testing while filming The Conqueror with John Wayne in ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 16 June 2023
- models of atmospheric circulation and infrared radiation transmission, chemists examine the inventory of atmospheric chemicals and their reactions, ...11 KB (1,440 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- radicals are formed by the action of ultraviolet radiation on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These free radicals react with ozone to form oxygen molecules ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:49, 30 November 2023
- at a rapid rate due to bremsstrahlung, radiation produced when electrons ... problems associated with neutrons like radiation damage, biological shielding ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- elevations, due to an interaction between radiation and convection. Sunlight ... there is less protection against solar radiation (UV). The highest known ...28 KB (3,998 words) - 16:21, 17 January 2023
- |- | Critical temperature || 1673 K (gray) 24.44 ? 34.76 24.64 553 | 596 | 646 | 706 | 781 | 874 | comment= color1=#cccc99 | color2=black ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them." Bohr's institute served as a focal point for theoretical physicists ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- drying, heat is supplied by contact conduction or radiation (or microwaves), and the vapor produced is removed by a vacuum system. ...10 KB (1,629 words) - 22:34, 19 August 2020
- at high temperatures or in high-radiation environments. Masked ROM and fuse/antifuse PROM do not suffer from this effect, as their data retention ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- # UV radiation (light) is very effective at inactivating cysts, as long as the water has a low level of color so the UV can pass through without ...30 KB (4,619 words) - 23:17, 3 May 2023
- In 1896, he reported observing a new kind of radiation, which he termed "black light" (not the same thing as a black light today), although ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 12:46, 24 January 2023
- photons, the so-called cosmic background radiation, and quite likely a correspondingly ... various particles making up the cosmic radiation, there is a cosmic background ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- and are being investigated for antineoplastic, radiation-protective, vasotonic, vasoprotective, anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive, and hepato-protective ...11 KB (1,544 words) - 16:13, 10 November 2022
- lighter-colored pitch absorb less heat from solar radiation. As a result, they do not become as hot as darker surfaces exposed to direct sunlight, reducing ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 23:49, 11 January 2023
- is out of favor. While fish underwent a major radiation, it was only one of several major landmarks during the period, and other lifeforms were more common. ...10 KB (1,511 words) - 05:54, 25 August 2020
- of the intense visible and invisible radiation that the photosphere emits ... block the harmful part of the Sun's radiation. Sunglasses are not safe ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- the other hand, absorbs (and blocks) UV radiation. It partially blocks UVA ... for glass that absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which damages DNA and ...28 KB (4,417 words) - 07:52, 24 January 2023
- is a kitchen appliance that employs microwave radiation primarily to cook or heat food. The microwaves, which are almost always emitted from a magnetron ...11 KB (1,627 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- *For some reactions, the presence of electromagnetic radiation, most notably ultra violet, is needed to promote the breaking of bonds to start ...12 KB (1,710 words) - 14:43, 5 December 2023
- Upon ultraviolet radiation in the presence of oxygen, chloroform slowly converts into phosgene via a radical reaction. To suppress this photodegradation ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- MDS was likely a result of the chemotherapy and radiation treatment she received three decades earlier, when she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- in the intracluster medium scatter radiation from the cosmic microwave background through inverse Compton scattering. This produces a "shadow ...13 KB (1,886 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- bosons are related with fundamental forces (or radiation). Fermions are subdivided into quarks and leptons. Quarks are fermions that couple with ...16 KB (2,185 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- * One ytterbium isotope has been used as a radiation source substitute for a portable X-ray machine when electricity was not available. ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- are excellent reflectors of infrared radiation and are therefore used ... used in sunscreens due to its resistance to UV Radiation. ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- of water and carbon dioxide to high-energy radiation, and then warming to remove the excess water. The carbonic acid that remained was characterized ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- Conversely, some applications require ultraviolet radiation, and in ... reflecting a portion of the infrared radiation back onto the filament ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- extremes, absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation, and burns up most meteors ... life forms by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, moderating temperature ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- " which absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation that would otherwise damage ... whereby high-energy ultraviolet radiation breaks down certain molecules ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- for ultra violet and infrared radiation. against visible and near visible light or radiation. Sunglasses allow better ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- factors, such as annual vacillations in solar radiation, which determine the area of grasslands that could be used for grazing livestock. According to ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- act/311/5757/73 The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment]. Science 311: 73–77. Retrieved June 8, 2008. ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- quot;), and their interaction with radiation. What Lorentz realized ... physical object when it emits a burst of radiation in one direction, as predicted ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- An ice-free Arctic Ocean absorbs solar radiation during the long summer ... and thus reduce the absorption of solar radiation. With less radiation absorbed ...38 KB (5,850 words) - 17:11, 10 February 2024
- costs low. Heat is provided via solar radiation, while internal air circulation ... RF/V (radio frequency + vacuum) wood drying kilns use microwave radiation ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- through them and can shed heat by radiation (Rath 1998). Almost all bovids are social animals and live in groups, called herds or flocks. Groups ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- of significant levels of ionizing radiation. IMPATT diodes have also ... When ionizing radiation strikes a semiconductor, it may excite an ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- including a double mastectomy and radiation therapy, she became a spokeswoman for the medical center in Nashville where she had been treated ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- act/311/5757/73 The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment]. Science 311: 73–77. Retrieved June 8, 2008. ...12 KB (1,871 words) - 12:24, 30 April 2021
- the heat is brought mainly by conduction or radiation; the convection effect can be considered as insignificant. ===Secondary drying=== ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 10:50, 11 April 2024
- In 1944 Hendrik van de Hulst predicted microwave radiation at a wavelength ... this radiation was observed in 1951. The radiation allowed for much ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- Earth's albedo—its reflection of radiation from the Sun back into ... and further modify the Earth's radiation balance. Most of the hydrogen ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- ensured much better protection against cosmic radiation and electrostatic discharges than that of any other processor of the era. Thus, the 1802 is said ...25 KB (3,612 words) - 17:30, 9 November 2022
- Steward, the theory's originator, suggested a radiation from the Andes to the West Indies and a parallel radiation into Central America and into ...23 KB (3,719 words) - 18:05, 20 January 2024
- central region becomes sufficiently dense to trap radiation. Consequently, the central temperature and density of the collapsed cloud increases dramatically ...26 KB (3,884 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- shock effects, a phenomenon known as Cherenkov radiation. == Examples == Below are a number of examples of shock waves, broadly grouped with similar ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 14:22, 27 January 2023
- such as very low recycling rates, relatively high radiation levels, and a lack of gravity. Some of these problems cause discomfort and long-term health ...12 KB (1,622 words) - 17:12, 14 October 2022
- 1111%2Fj.1365-294X.2004.02299.x Recolonization and radiation in Larix (Pinaceae): Evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA paralogues.] Molecular Ecology 13: ...12 KB (1,828 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation ... prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation ...67 KB (9,596 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. During this period Lodge had attended lectures by Maxwell, and would later conduct a brief ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:23, 18 November 2022
- test sites. These tests resulted in the radiation poisoning of 236 Marshallese ... Castle Bravo, which resulted in the radiation poisoning of 236 Marshallese ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- to c, to the cosmic background microwave radiation. This holds for just about ... to represent the motion of particles and radiation. Every spacetime ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2023
- climate, both by scattering electromagnetic radiation and by catalyzing chemical reactions in the upper atmosphere. ==Ionization trails== ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- discovery (on February 28, 1928) of the radiation effect which bears his ... * "A new type of Secondary Radiation," Nature, 1928 ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- or years after the bombing as a result of radiation exposure, and not least ... ntpr/relatedpub/DNATR805512F.pdf Radiation Dose Reconstruction U.S ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- by lightning clear a safe zone in the radiation belt surrounding the earth ... Their study suggests that this gamma radiation fountains upward from starting ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- At Berlin, Laue attended lectures by Otto Lummer on heat radiation ... worked on the application of entropy to radiation fields and on the thermodynamic ...27 KB (3,968 words) - 01:05, 9 November 2022
- energy and cool down. This means that its radiation, which initially has a ... ===Radiation and cooling=== The visible radiation emitted by white ...72 KB (10,792 words) - 18:14, 4 May 2023
- stm Scientist raises new radiation fear] BBC News, July 5, 2001, Retrieved January 25, 2009. located in the city of Plymouth, England, in the ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- will gradually slow due to the emission of radiation. ===Temperature=== ... ==Radiation== The energy produced by stars, as a by-product of nuclear ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- (carcinogens), such as tobacco smoke, UV radiation, chemicals, or infectious ... of alcohol, excessive exposure to UV radiation, excessive intake of dietary ...90 KB (13,223 words) - 19:16, 25 November 2023
- than those for visible light and infrared radiation, are broken up in smaller ... Radio waves are classified as "non-ionizing radiation" because ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- recent arrivals, suggesting that adaptive radiation may have occurred. ... was affected more by the great angiosperm radiation in the mid-Cretaceous than ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation to a common focal point. The principle of the parabolic reflector may have been discovered ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- in the biosphere in small amounts as a result of radiation leaks) represent a radioactivity burden that varies depending on location. Radioactive cesium ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation. ... organ transplants, high-risk pregnancy, radiation oncology, among others. ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- quot; because it does not use ionizing radiation, which imposes hazards ... cells. The basis is the acoustic radiation force, a non-linear effect ...27 KB (3,908 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2023
- #039;s atmosphere allows a portion of radiation from its host star to pass ... In terms of the Earth, electromagnetic radiation from the Sun is received ...86 KB (12,789 words) - 20:17, 1 June 2023
- Molecular phylogeny, recent radiation and evolution of gross morphology of the rhubarb genus Rheum (Polygonaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA ...14 KB (2,051 words) - 09:17, 10 August 2022
- the tips of the feathers are black. Solar radiation is absorbed by the tips ... J. Dawson. 1995. The heat load from solar radiation on a large, diurnally active ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- being subjected to electromagnetic radiation of a particular wavelength ... color filtering, blocked harmful radiation, improved the eye's ...29 KB (4,749 words) - 03:52, 22 June 2022
- global warming but instead driven by solar radiation. As of January 2006, the Western Breach route had been closed by the Tanzanian government ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- use convection, conduction, and radiation of heat energy. == Noise == electronic noise Noise is associated with all electronic circuits. Noise ...15 KB (2,062 words) - 16:04, 13 February 2024
- that one could produce and detect electromagnetic radiation—now generally known as "radio waves"—as had been predicted by James Clerk Maxwell ...27 KB (3,973 words) - 00:54, 7 March 2023
- as may be the case with other methods. UV radiation causes damage to the genetic ... such as predation exposure to ultraviolet radiation, for example. Consequently ...40 KB (5,900 words) - 10:11, 26 January 2023
- nuclear chemistry research at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory operated by the University of California on behalf of the United States Atomic Energy ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- standing cylinder. The lens focuses the sun's radiation to a point inside the cylinder, where the material to be melted is placed. The effect is ...15 KB (2,453 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- of particles and electromagnetic radiation, and brought about quantum mechanics. == Overview == [[File:Bosons-Hadrons-Fermions-RGB.png|thumb|400px ...18 KB (2,400 words) - 16:06, 13 February 2024
- *It is useful for gamma radiation detection equipment. *It has been used in the treatment of ringworm and other skin infections. This use, however ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics.] Science 294(5550): 2348–2351. PMID 11743200. Retrieved August ...14 KB (1,993 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- and blue laser diodes. Its sensitivity to ionizing radiation is low, making it a suitable material for solar cell arrays for satellites. It is being investigated ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- * Thorium is a very effective radiation shield, although it has not been used for this purpose as much as have lead or depleted uranium. ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- sound, chemical binding energies and trapped radiation. Familiar examples are a tank of gas, or a hot bowl of soup. The kinetic energy of their particles ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
- where many ambiguities are present (that is, radiation contributions along the line of sight). In-situ measurements are required before a definitive ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- head. These deep pits are sensitive to infrared radiation, in effect giving the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- Rubidium (chemical symbol Rb, atomic number 37) is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Rb-87, a naturally occurring ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- 99, is a weak beta emitter; such radiation is stopped by the walls ... Radiation exposure due to diagnostic treatment involving Tc-99m can ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. ...16 KB (2,386 words) - 08:56, 18 November 2022
- modern families appeared. The "great fern radiation" occurred in the late-Cretaceous, when many modern families of ferns first appeared. ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- of energy. Almost all autotrophs use solar radiation to provide this, and their production process is called photosynthesis. A small number of ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- their stability against mechanical shock, radiation, and vibration. Silicones are selected over polyurethane or epoxy encapsulation when a wide ...15 KB (2,090 words) - 22:06, 29 January 2023
- turtles are recognized; they constitute a single radiation that was distinct from all other turtles at least 110 million years ago. During that radiation ...29 KB (4,504 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- orbits. They therefore receive much more stellar radiation than the gas giants in the solar system, which makes it questionable whether they are the ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- and beta to describe the two distinct types of radiation emitted by thorium and uranium. ===Middle years=== In 1898, Rutherford was appointed ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Prior to the discovery of radiation, uranium was primarily used in ... exposure to uranium.[http://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/uranium.htm ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- An optical fiber (or optical fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible ...31 KB (4,772 words) - 00:56, 18 November 2022
- of sound through walls and the radiation of sound from vehicle panels. * Transduction: The study of how sound is generated and measured by loudspeakers ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- stm Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation]. BBC News April 20, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2008. * National Zoological Park (NZP). n.d. [http://nationalzoo ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 01:25, 12 April 2023
- 14,700 years ago; the fantastic adaptive radiation of its native cichlids has taken place in the short period of time since then. ==History == ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 23:25, 21 October 2022
- By the end of the year, injury and radiation sickness brought the total ... [http://www.rerf.or.jp/general/qa_e/qa1.html Radiation Effects Research ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- * Glass coated with vanadium dioxide (VO2) can block infrared radiation (and not visible light) at a specific temperature. * It is present in ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- with bladder cancer. He underwent radiation therapy at New York's Memorial Hospital using a treatment regimen that he designed himself. ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- conveniently removed all ultraviolet” radiation. Kitty Nicholson, [http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v08/bp08-05.html Photocopier Hazards ...16 KB (2,312 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- emerging infections, toxic chemical exposure, and radiation exposure. Decrease the use and development of interventions known to prevent human ...17 KB (2,452 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- regulate their body temperature, via solar radiation, internal mechanisms of "shivering," and radiative cooling from the abdomen (called heterothermy ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 18:44, 22 November 2023
- Approximately 70 percent of the radiation from neighboring Ukraine ... effect on Belarus; as a result of the radiation release, agriculture in ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- system by interstellar collision. He considered radiation pressure as accounting for comets, the solar corona, the aurora borealis, and zodiacal light. ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display often used for large television displays (typically above 37 inches or 940 millimeters ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 20:45, 9 April 2023
- is extremely durable and resistant to radiation even in porous form. Additionally, once they are loaded with trapped fission products, the zeolite ...15 KB (2,158 words) - 05:51, 13 June 2023
- successful charge to win passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act ... administration to agree not to oppose radiation compensation for Utah citizens ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- (hoofed animals) became prevalent due to a major radiation between Europe and North America; along with carnivourous ungulates like Mesonyx. Early forms ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- loons (Gaviiformes) belonging to a more modern radiation. What is also generally accepted as a fact is that loons and grebes are not closely related ...16 KB (2,427 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- a new and experimental treatment called radiation therapy, which was being offered in Brussels, Belgium. He and his wife never knew about the ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- *Allen-Heuberger, Renate Van. 1995. Atmospheric thermal radiation over the South Pole. Zürcher geographische Schriften, Heft 61. Zürich: Geographisches ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- chlorofluorocarbons, by solar ultraviolet radiation or by reactions with other stratospheric constituents. These free radicals then react with ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- thought to be responsible for the intense radiation emitted by certain types ... emit a narrow beam of electromagnetic radiation from their poles. As the ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- Prostate cancer can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, occasionally chemotherapy, proton therapy, or some combination ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 08:14, 2 December 2022
- Sadako Sasaki, who had been exposed to the radiation of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as an infant, was dying of leukemia. She decided to fold one ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- moderate. During summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface during ... dome and cosmic microwave background radiation. Many astronomical observations ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- For example, exposure to harmful chemicals or radiation, perhaps as a result of warfare or environmental pollution, can cause genetic damage in the ...15 KB (2,079 words) - 00:18, 14 January 2023
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray in color, it is strong but brittle. ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- kimchi recipe by sterilizing the food with radiation blasts, heat, freezing and packaging. James Card WIRED "Korea Casts an Eye Heavenward." ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- aura, a subtle field of luminous multicolored radiation surrounding a person or object as a cocoon or halo. By noting variations in the hues of a ...19 KB (2,785 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- chemical energy, heat, electromagnetic radiation, nuclear energy, and rest energy. They can be categorized in two main classes: potential energy ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- that emits little or no electromagnetic radiation, for example a neutron star. ... causing the gas to become hotter and emit radiation. Cataclysmic variables ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- too weak to protect the atmosphere from cosmic radiation. ... that was absent in visible and infrared radiation. He suggested that this ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- they carry energy as electromagnetic radiation in its various forms, from ... a field line will produce synchotron radiation which is detectable in ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- atmosphere because it absorbs infrared radiation at wavelengths of 4.26 ... G.W. Petty. A First Course in Atmospheric Radiation. (Madison, WI: ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
- with breast cancer. She received months of radiation treatment and, for a time, the cancer was in remission. In apparent good health again, Springfield ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- gas, thermal properties of light with low radiation density (which laid the ... Views on the Composition and Essence of Radiation"), on the quantization ...63 KB (8,940 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2023
- activity has a physical explanation. Ionizing radiation, geomagnetic activity, static electricity, and electromagnetic fields can all affect the physical ...20 KB (2,844 words) - 00:18, 12 April 2023
- cover. Less winter ice cover allows more solar radiation to penetrate the lake and warm the water. [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/01/14/climate ...18 KB (2,634 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- both the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation, and some biological agents, and the effects (often indirect) on health and wellbeing of ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 15:09, 25 January 2023
- taken into the body. External exposure to radiation from depleted uranium is ... only a small amount of low-energy gamma radiation. According to the World ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. ==Advocacy== [[Image:Planetary society.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Planetary Society members at the ...18 KB (2,690 words) - 12:47, 27 November 2023
- Joseph Stefan, who discovered the law by which radiation depends on the temperature of a body. Stefan introduced Boltzmann to Maxwell's work by ...19 KB (2,826 words) - 02:38, 5 November 2022
- Category:Public number=30 | symbol=Zn | name=zinc | left=copper | right=gallium | above=- | below=Cd | color1= | color2=black transition metals ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- agents that break their chains include ionizing radiation (most commonly ultraviolet light), free radicals, and oxidizers (such as oxygen, ozone, and ...20 KB (3,072 words) - 03:36, 8 January 2024
- dipole resonance. These increase the need for radiation shielding around electron accelerators == Calculation == Applying the methods of scattering ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- blast at age two, only to die at age 12 of radiation-induced leukemia, while she was diligently folding cranes as her prayer for peace. Inspired by ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- in an avalanche. (Recent reports indicate that radiation traces from that device have been discovered in sediment below the mountain.Carol Smith. ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- of gamma rays, x-rays, and other radiation from surrounding stars ... into space in the form of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- defects, cancer, and other illnesses related to radiation poisoning of the soil, food products, and water sources, the result of the Soviet Union testing ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- easy for other sources of electromagnetic radiation to overpower the receiver ... making it an attractive target for anti-radiation missiles, there is the ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- 174 petawatts (PW 1015 watts) of solar radiation reaches the Earth's ... the energy that is harnessed from solar radiation, using the radiant light ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- and flow energy, wind energy, solar radiation, geothermal energy, energy ... are close derivatives of, electromagnetic radiation of our Sun, the Earth& ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- gravity becomes strong enough to hold in the radiation, and the star can at last find peace. … I think there should be a law of Nature to prevent a ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- energy. Most often, the source of energy is solar radiation, and the process is called photosynthesis; but a small number of autotrophs exploit chemical ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- Morley experiment and black body radiation. Two major physical theories were developed during the twentieth century starting from these issues: ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- than that of a light photon, electromagnetic radiation. The electron microscope uses electrostatic and electromagnetic lenses in forming the image ...20 KB (2,873 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- belts around the Earth. These belts contain radiation trapped by the Earth's magnetic fields, which currently prevent habitable space stations ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- and producing heat instead of light. Ionizing radiation can lead to creation of such defects as well, which leads to issues with radiation hardening ...41 KB (6,290 words) - 01:16, 26 October 2022
- or those exposed to high levels of direct solar radiation (Schuster 1966). As with most groups of living plants, they are most common (both in numbers ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- all of these areas are slowly succumbing to radiation poisoning as the fallout continues to circulate southwards, leading toward total annihilation. ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- each day. The Sun's immense power and broad radiation spectrum overload the Earth station's reception circuits with noise and, depending on ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- Water acts to trap infrared radiation from both the Sun and the ground. As desert air is dry, it is incapable of blocking sunlight during the ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- and resistant to many chemical and radiation treatments. It has been reported that even from 50 year-old dried soil, 90 percent of the endospores ...21 KB (3,263 words) - 09:30, 15 January 2023
- fault produces the same type of light radiation from which electric welders protect themselves using face shields with dark glass, heavy leather ...22 KB (3,364 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- depleting the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation that reaches the surface ... components are: soil, atmosphere, radiation from the sun, water, and ...63 KB (9,360 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- Selenium (chemical symbol Se, atomic number 34) is a chemical element that is classified as a nonmetal. It is chemically related to sulfur and ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- that heat flows by conduction, convection, and radiation. These thermometers are often used when someone is ill and for other medical reasons. ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- in buckwheat herbs grown at different UV-B radiation levels: Comparison of two UV spectrophotometric and an HPLC method." J Exp Bot 53(375 ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 17:20, 30 April 2020
- ** Wave guides for microwave radiation. ** In integrated circuits, copper is increasingly replacing aluminum because of its superior conductivity. ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- on Guam, a close neighbor, tested positive for radiation fallout from two secret thermonuclear bomb tests in 1952. The control of the Marianas ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- ~6000 K, and as such, much of the solar radiation reaching the Earth is composed ... more precisely, to absorb electromagnetic radiation over a portion of the spectrum ...90 KB (13,568 words) - 15:08, 27 April 2023
- is believed to have driven the adaptive radiation of the angiosperms, and, in turn, the bees themselves. == Gallery == Image:Drinking Bee.jpg ...24 KB (3,674 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- center of snow accumulation and therefore ice radiation was Lassen Peak, Red Mountain, and Raker Peak. These volcanoes thus show more glacial scarring ...22 KB (3,291 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- of the bird families has put the radiation of the Procellariiformes in the Oligocene period (35–30 million years ago). However, this group ...44 KB (6,634 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- skull, by means of directed beams of ionizing radiation *Remote surgery - also known as telesurgery; the ability for a doctor to perform surgery ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- ; acid rain; agricultural chemicals; ultraviolet radiation increases due to decreased stratospheric ozone; and disease. Habitat destruction particularly ...22 KB (3,306 words) - 12:33, 9 January 2023
- of the Soviet Venera landers) to survive the radiation and magnetic fields that originate from Jupiter. F.P. Fanale, T.V. Johnson, and D.L. Matson ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- niches encouraged floral and faunal adaptive radiation, whereby multiple species evolved from a common ancestor, each species adapted to a different ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- patches on their wing that help absorb solar radiation and thermoregulate by changing the posture of the wings. *Some species of Tenebrionid beetles ...23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
- The gravest threat comes from radiation, a result of the Soviet ... The gravest environmental threat to Kazakhstan comes from radiation ...51 KB (7,364 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2022
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world's leading form of renewable ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- and rarely pain syndrome cause by radiation thyroiditis that is short lived and treated by steroids. Rare cases of Graves' disease have ...24 KB (3,497 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
- to be 9,192,631,770 periods of vibration of the radiation emitted at a specific wavelength by an atom of cesium-133. Varying choices have been ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- dependent upon the amount of yellow solar radiation his cells have absorbed ... the planet. Exposure to Kryptonite radiation nullifies Superman's ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes around another object while under the influence of a source of centripetal force. Most ...29 KB (4,580 words) - 01:05, 18 November 2022
- degrees higher than normal, due to absorption of radiation by the aerosols. The stratospheric cloud from the eruption persisted in the atmosphere for ...24 KB (3,489 words) - 17:08, 10 November 2022
- on Earth has the highest UV?" UV Radiation and its Effects: An Update (Hamilton, NZ: NIWA Science, 2006). [[Image:CristoBlancoCuzco.jpg|200px ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- States) and the ESRF (the European Synchrotron radiation facility) in Grenoble analyzed samples from the paintings, [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- also traveled to help the hungry in Ethiopia, radiation victims at Chernobyl, and earthquake victims in Armenia. In 1991, Mother Teresa returned for ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- this device is bremsstrahlung (“braking radiation”). We now know that this ... the skin damage to ozone rather than the radiation: Tesla states that ...61 KB (9,138 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- plant. But he is at the same time undergoing radiation therapy for his cancer, causing him personal grief and, ironically, rendering him a nuclear ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 20:34, 13 February 2023
- *Radiation Laboratory (Berkeley, California): Electromagnetic separation ... Lawrence at the University of California Radiation Laboratory at the University ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- caused by the volcano's effect on solar radiation reaching the surface, not by the heat of the eruption itself.)J. Brad Adams, Michael E. Mann ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- Owl is the common name for any of the birds of prey comprising the order Strigiformes, characterized by large, round, frontset eyes surrounded ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 19:47, 20 July 2023
- to protect the skin from damaging UV radiation, and treatment products to repair or hide skin imperfections (acne, wrinkles, dark circles under ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- species. Since the later mammalian radiation in the Cenozoic produced ... is that exposure to air, water, and radiation causes DNA to decay over ...63 KB (9,106 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- cause as a cancerous tumor, and Arghezi underwent radiation therapyZeletin.—the suffering caused the poet to maintain a growing animosity towards Bagdasar ...22 KB (3,385 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- Curie), it was ideally suited for use in medical radiation treatment, while costing only half as much to manufacture. (In 1914, for the discovery of ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- in the U.S. often with used nuclear fuel as the radiation source. === Microbial === Much recent work has centered on the study of micro-organisms ...24 KB (3,627 words) - 08:41, 24 November 2022
- and diversification of the largest avian radiation]. PNAS. Retrieved March 4, 2021. *Gill, B. J. 2003. Osteometry and systematics of the extinct ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- Wind, snow, lack of soil, increased ultraviolet radiation, rapid and dramatic shifts in temperature, and a short growing season all challenge the hardy ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- The most important factors are heating by solar radiation, radiational cooling, temperature gradients in snow, and snowfall amounts and type. Most avalanches ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- Dipole antennas; antenna arrays; radiation pattern; reciprocity theorem, antenna gain. === Network analysis === Network graphs: Matrices associated ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- that phenomenon is known as adaptive radiation. The gradual spreading ... in each continent have shown adaptive radiation to evolve along their own ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- to sunlight, and especially to ultraviolet radiation. ===Description=== Vulcanization is generally considered to be an irreversible process (see ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- is not a well-defined quantity. Black-body radiation was not explained without the introduction of quanta. As experiments reached the atomic level ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program. Regenerated vegetation covers 63 percent of land that was mined.]] ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- species) - Anatinae or part of Southern Hemisphere radiation? ** Pteronetta, Hartlaub's duck - traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be closer ...30 KB (4,269 words) - 01:03, 9 January 2023
- were producing at the Lawrence's Radiation Laboratory. ... time and facilities of Lawrence's Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- flashes were caused by reflected infrared radiation and not muzzle blasts. ... on tape. Actually, FLIR records infrared radiation, which can be reflected ...56 KB (8,825 words) - 22:04, 3 May 2023
- practices in the sale of land. The Radiation Safety Act of 1968 provided standards and recalls for defective electronic products. === Environment === ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- few and primitive forms. The great angiosperm radiation, when a great diversity of angiosperms appear in the fossil record, occurred in the mid-Cretaceous ...33 KB (5,220 words) - 01:41, 9 January 2023
- function, for example due to UV radiation, energetic particles, or strong electric fields. Because of the large difference in mass, the electrons ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- from the planet's core, the continued radiation into space of leftover heat generated by infalling matter during the planet's birth, and ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- damage, but also ultraviolet light and infrared radiation. Reducing the intensity of light and length of exposure will help reduce damage. ...34 KB (4,751 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- Physics for their influential research regarding radiation, a phenomena originally discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel. In 1911, Curie received her ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- ice caps in order to enhance absorption of solar radiation (by reducing the albedo) and thereby raise global temperatures. He also favored a preemptive ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- sources, most prominently the natural thermal radiation of the background scene surrounding the target of interest. In modern radar systems, due to the ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- They are also said to give off heat and possibly radiation. All evidence in support of these claims is at best circumstantial. ==History== ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- Way that minimizes threats from dangerous radiation and comet impacts, and ... the subtle cosmic background microwave radiation that provided evidence ...70 KB (10,563 words) - 12:54, 7 February 2023
- ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16400146 The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment]. Science 311: 73–77. PMID 16400146. ...32 KB (4,927 words) - 07:51, 13 January 2023
- cover to protect the fallen seeds from ultraviolet radiation damage. Due to fire suppression efforts and livestock grazing during the early and ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 18:22, 27 July 2022
- is now abandoned because of the large amount of radiation generated by the meltdown. == History of ecology == Ecology is generally spoken of as ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- at 10:36 am local time without any radiation leak. An official at South Korea's seismic monitoring center confirmed a magnitude-3.6 tremor ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- this plan would have resulted in substantial radiation exposure for the American troops. Frank, 312–313. === Alternative targets === ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- lighter element, releasing alpha, beta, or gamma radiation in the process. They also determined that a particular radioactive element decays into another ...34 KB (5,149 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. During the process ... recently completed three weeks of focused radiation treatment to ablate a tumor ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Here, the sun's ultraviolet radiation is strong enough to break off the chlorine atom, which on its own is a highly reactive free radical ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- of the Pleistocene. In both mechanisms the radiation imbalance of the earth is thought to play a large role in the build-up and melt of glaciers. ...37 KB (5,884 words) - 20:25, 29 December 2023
- Louis is also home to two companies that produce radiation therapy planning software, CMS, Inc. and Multidata Systems International. ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- evolved as a protection against ultraviolet solar radiation, as melanin is an effective sun-block (Jablonski and Chaplin 2000). The skin pigmentation ...94 KB (13,955 words) - 12:18, 4 February 2023
- that for practices such as the release of radiation or toxins or massive deforestation, the burden of proof lies with the advocates of the proposed ...46 KB (6,708 words) - 18:54, 17 February 2022
- and also high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light ... in the genotoxic effect of solar UVA radiation," Biochemistry 42 ...74 KB (10,725 words) - 07:36, 12 January 2024
- summer, allowing them to absorb more solar radiation and warm more than the interior. Coastal regions on the northern half of Greenland experience ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- in a 1951 lecture that qi is a form of solar radiation. Max Knoll. "Transformations of Science in Our Age." In Joseph Campbell (ed. ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- A fluorescent lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, resulting in a plasma that produces ...43 KB (6,681 words) - 17:46, 28 March 2024
- and S. J. O'Brien. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment. Science 311: 73–77. * Johnson, W. E., and ...38 KB (5,659 words) - 01:30, 8 February 2023
- that of the full Moon because the amount of solar radiation reflected toward the Earth is highly reduced due to the shadows projected by the higher parts ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- stations, and atmospheric research in which UV-B radiation, ozone, and other atmospheric gases are analyzed over time. The research compiled contributes ...38 KB (5,805 words) - 13:33, 16 December 2022
- is 23.79 GHz, corresponding to microwave radiation of a wavelength of 1.260 cm. The absorption at this frequency was the first microwave spectrum ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- In 1967 Olivier underwent radiation treatment for prostate cancer, and was also hospitalized with pneumonia. For the remainder of his life, he ...43 KB (6,624 words) - 17:52, 25 October 2022
- He was treated with a seven-week course of radiation. "Mandela Responding Well to Treatment." August 15, 2001[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/afr ...40 KB (6,067 words) - 04:28, 11 March 2023
- percent). The ants became dominant in an adaptive radiation at the beginning of the Tertiary Period. Of the species extant in the Cretaceous and Eocene ...39 KB (6,124 words) - 01:55, 9 January 2023
- act/311/5757/73 The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment]. Science 311(5757) (2006): 73–77. PMID 16400146. Retrieved ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- ** laser: light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation ** NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization ** scuba: self-contained underwater ...44 KB (6,504 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- act/311/5757/73 The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment]. Science 311: 73–77. PMID 16400146. Retrieved December 12, 2008. ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- Radar, the use of reflection of electromagnetic radiation * Scientific Echosounder * Side-scan sonar * Sonar 2087 * Sonobuoy * Sound ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- Methane is an unstable gas that is broken down by ultraviolet radiation, typically lasting in the atmosphere for about 340 years, Martin Baucom ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- and sympathetic toward his work on radiation mutation. Many of Pauling's critics, including scientists who appreciated the contributions ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- later make significant contributions in the Radiation Laboratory, Instrumentation Laboratory, and other defense-related research programs. ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the base of a cumulonimbus cloud (or occasionally, a cumulus cloud) and ...56 KB (8,507 words) - 00:50, 20 February 2024
- Parrot is the common name for any of the tropical and subtropical birds comprising the order Psittaciformes, characterized by large heads, upright ...49 KB (7,385 words) - 18:44, 23 March 2023
- team and be treated concurrently with radiation surgery, Western drugs and a traditional herbal formula. It is worth noting that the practice ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- margins of the Himalayas, can absorb shortwave radiation and heat the air over the Tibetan Plateau. The net atmospheric heating due to aerosol absorption ...54 KB (7,582 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων, tektōn "builder" or "mason") describes the large scale motions of Earth's ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- by the use of thermal blankets which reduce the radiation of heat while the engine and tracks cool. Some camouflage nets are manufactured from unevenly ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- as it would screen out the harmful ultraviolet radiation. As a junior physicist, he was not central to the project. The greater part of his work ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- burst forth from nothing a sea of light and radiation, and the elements split and churned and formed into millions of galaxies." ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- in the Paleocene, correlating with the adaptive radiation of mammals following the extinction of the dinosaurs. ==Interactions with humans== ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- vitamin D, alternatively synthesized via UVB radiation—to prevent deficiency symptoms and death. Certain vitamin-like substances found in foods, such ...56 KB (8,181 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- material during cell division and by exposure to radiation, chemicals, or viruses. In addition to passing genetic material from parent to offspring ...68 KB (10,248 words) - 19:33, 21 October 2021
- time, despite varying levels of incoming solar radiation (insolation), indicating that a dynamic process governs Earth's temperature via a combination ...56 KB (8,647 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- teeth and the finger bones. Others suggest that radiation caused by the miraculous event may have burned the image into the cloth. Another cloth known ...62 KB (9,799 words) - 14:29, 27 January 2023
- their skin from harsh ultraviolet radiation. Although tough, an elephant's skin is very sensitive. Without regular mud baths to protect ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- the North Pole) were badly damaged by fire or radiation leaks. The United States lost two nuclear submarines during this time: USS Thresher and USS ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Sea temperature depends on the amount of solar radiation falling on its surface. In the tropics, with the sun nearly overhead, the temperature ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- options for this tumor include chemotherapy and radiation. Average survival time is approximately 14 months. McCain was a survivor of previous cancers ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 02:53, 2 May 2024
- power plant disaster in 1986, and subsequent radiation contamination in the northeast. Other issues include inadequate supplies of potable water, air ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
