Radiation 101: how far will radioactive water leaking from nuclear plant go?(USA)Radiation is contaminating seawater near the Fukushima Daiichinuclear complex, but workers are...Grier, Peter
The phosphor is mixed into a plastic and molded to make most glow-in-the-dark stuff. Occasionally you will see something glowing but it does not need charging. The most common place is on the hands of expensive watches. In these products, the phosphor is mixed with a radioactive element,...
A natural source of ionizing radiation is radon, a radioactive material found underground. X-rays are a good example of man-made ionizing radiation. The three types of ionizing radiation we're going to discuss here are alpha particles, beta particles and rays. Particulate radiation involves fast...
To eliminate any certainty regarding the cat's fate, the experiment was to take place within an hour, long enough so that some of the radioactive material could possibly decay, but short enough so that it was also possible none would. In Schrödinger's experiment, the cat was sealed in ...
Tell your doctor if you have an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or any type of scan using a radioactive dye that is injected into a vein. Contrast dyes and furosemide can harm your kidneys. Furosemide on-body infusor (Furoscix) may be used to treat congestion due to fluid overload in ...
As we'll see in a moment, HEPA was originally developed by nuclear scientists to help clean up dangerous, radioactive particles. Fortunately, most of us don't have to deal with such things—but HEPA filtration is still very useful and important in factories and workplaces, especially in ...
Farming and livestock have a substantial environmental footprint, from the high costs of land and water usage to the ecological consequences of pesticides, fertilizers, and animal waste. As a result, there are many opportunities for green technology in the area of agriculture. For example, organic...
But it’s also easy for me to say that when we still have a gas grill on the back patio for the not-everyday experience of cooking with fire. Replacing the 2018-vintage gas furnace and water heater with more efficient heat-pump units will be a task for another year. ↩︎ Yes, ...
There was a mixture of outside referrals and in-patient crises to deal with. One night before my colleague had left for the Addams Family Mansion I got a phone call from switchboard. I had a call waiting. A weary-voiced woman informed me that she thought she’d killed her baby. She ...
Sometimes, it treats cancer by itself, but more often it’s used in combination with: Surgery.A doctor removes cancerous tumors or tissue, or organs affected by cancerous cells. Radiation therapy.A doctor uses invisible radioactive particles to kill cancer cells. It may be delivered by a spe...