What would gamma-ray exposure do to you? Hulk and She-Hulk. (Image credit: Marvel Studios) Being exposed to gamma rays has clearly been no walk in the park for Bruce Banner. One minute, he's trying to open a jar of peanut butter; the next, he finds he's destroyed his favorite pur...
Gamma rays are the type of electromagnetic (EM) radiation and have the highest energy content of all EM waves which range from extra low frequency waves to gamma rays. It is the high energy content that makes them dangerous and yet useful in some circumstances....
Ina paperpublished in the journalAngewandte Chemie, a team of scientists investigated the impact of high-energy photons called gamma-rays on the formation of complex organic molecules in the early Universe. In particular, the researchers focused on the development and evolution of methane, a molecu...
“We are not the first scientists who have tried creating gamma rays in this way. But we are doing so using a fully quantum theory—quantum electrodynamics—which is an advanced approach to addressing this problem.” The team will analyze how one or two electrons emit light. Eventually, they...
In the study of X-rays and gamma-rays up to the TeV regime, their absorption by the atmosphere (by 50% at 30 km altitude for 1 MeV photon) requires the development of space applications. The science goals of the mission define which technological benchmark should be maximised (e.g. ...
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Our first stop is the ancient world, where some of the earliest scientists and philosophers pondered the true nature of this mysterious substance that stimulates sight and makes things visible.Contents What Is Light? Light as Rays Light as Waves Light Frequencies Light as Particles Wave-...
Building sensitive X-ray detectors therefore requires some engineering ingenuity. Scientists have to design mirrors for X-ray telescopes in a way that the energetic rays hit the reflecting surface at a shallow angle "like a stone skipping across the surface of a pond,"according to NASA. ...
To better understand how life began, scientists often focus on how the pieces needed for life — amino acids — first formed. One idea, thought up in the 1800s by Charles Darwin, suggests that life might have started in a "warm little pond" of chemicals that received energy from lightning...
To better understand how life began, scientists often focus on how the pieces needed for life — amino acids — first formed. One idea, thought up in the 1800s by Charles Darwin, suggests that life might have started in a "warm little pond" of chemicals that received energy from lightning...