radiation
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Eradication was possible through the sterile insect technique, which uses gamma radiation to irradiate screwworm pupae and create sterile male flies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
In this approach, detectors are pointed at the Moon to capture X-rays emitted by specific elements after they are struck by solar radiation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Plus, new research on anesthesia and a brain tumor radiation device.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It works by hatching flies in an enclosed space, and then exposing them to radiation to make them sterile before releasing them into the wild.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
And unlike Laura, who’d had surgery and chemo and now radiation to get better, his mom hadn’t even stayed in the hospital even though she would lose him if she left.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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