Category: Radiation

When ionising radiation acts upon gonads or germ cells, it may cause damage to the genetic material (mutations) which can lead to genetically induced diseases (hereditary defects). These may result…

Airport screening helps keep travelers safe by identifying hidden weapons and other hazards that are not approved for safe airline travel. The risk of health effects from backscatter x-ray systems…

Chernobyl had a higher death toll than Fukushima While evaluating the human cost of a nuclear disaster is a difficult task, the scientific consensus is that Chernobyl outranks its counterparts…

They are lighter than alpha particles, and can travel farther in air, up to several yards. Very energetic beta particles can penetrate up to one-half an inch through skin and…

Do you clean before cleaner comes? Clean but only a little. Make sure you clean anything that's easy before your house cleaner arrives. For example, wash your dirty dishes and…

Solution. All bodies at a temperature above 0 K radiate electromagnetic radiation. Why the temperature all bodies radiate electromagnetic radiation? Thermal radiation is generated when heat from the movement of…

The key difference between insolation and terrestrial radiation is that insolation refers to the measurement of the power of sunlight that is received per unit area of a surface, whereas…

What role do neutrons play in the atomic nucleus? Neutrons increase the stability of a nucleus because they attract other nucleons by the strong nuclear force, and they do not…

Can nuclear bombs accidentally explode? Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons…

Mars is bombarded with radiation. Without a protective magnetic shield and a thick atmosphere like Earth's, radiation from space has a nearly unimpeded path to the Martian surface. Our machines…