radioactivity
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But the presence of heavily armed soldiers, security checkpoints, and signs warning of radioactivity are anything but ordinary.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
That process releases huge amounts of energy, no carbon emissions and limited radioactivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
At-211's short half-life also means it quickly loses its radioactivity, making it less toxic than longer-lived radiopharmaceuticals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
“And there’s been a lot of reasons for why this process takes so long. But, from a radiological perspective, the actual residual radioactivity at the site is pretty modest.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Mutations also occur because of radioactivity or ultraviolet light from the Sun or cosmic rays or chemicals in the environment, all of which can change the nucleotides or tie the nucleic acids up in knots.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing radioactivity
Just Do It: Act
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