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radiation

[rey-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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He battled it with chemotherapy and radiation, according to reporting from USA Today.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Systems producing high-yield fusion expose weapons parts to intense heat, radiation and pressure nearly synonymous with a nuclear blast—hotter than the sun at more than 100 million degrees Celsius—without any explosions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

McClean underwent stereotactic radiosurgery, which is a precise form of radiotherapy that delivers a high dose of radiation to a targeted area within the brain.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

When the researchers blocked those proteins in laboratory and animal models, fewer cancer cells survived, and the remaining cells became more vulnerable to radiation.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

For every type of radiation, there is some material that it is unable to travel through.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

There were radiations of hoofed mammals; of primates including our ancestors; of whales and dolphins; of the all-time biggest sharks.

From Salon Feb. 17, 2025

The link between a tendency to explore and colonize new environments and rapid evolution could help explain adaptive radiations in other species, says Daniel Moen, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Riverside.

From Science Magazine Apr. 24, 2024

The ultimate causes, or triggers, of adaptive radiations is one of the big mysteries in biology.

From Science Daily Feb. 22, 2024

The species depicted are only four from a very diverse lineage that contains many branches, dead ends, and adaptive radiations.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

He was seeking the exact source of the radiations.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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