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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...

Gamma rays are high energy electromagnetic waves ... are being treated by radiation could expose people’s cells to damage and possibly cancer. Although ionising radiation can cause cancer ...

They had little encouraging advice to offer. The report did not deal with the damage by radiation (heat, gamma rays, etc.), considered only the blast, which affects a much larger area than the ...

X-rays are small enough to enter cells and can damage DNA, which can cause cancers to develop in the body. You would need a row of around 10 million gamma waves to fill a one millimetre gap.

Led by a team from the University of Galway, Irish researches have created a unique approach involving gamma rays to find peat soil spread throughout the country. Using a combination of analytical ...

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