radiation
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He battled it with chemotherapy and radiation, according to reporting from USA Today.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Intense ultraviolet radiation from the young Sun would have broken down some nitrous oxide molecules, separating them back into nitrogen and oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency has jurisdiction over certain radiation that goes beyond the site boundary of a nuclear facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In public statements, they tried to walk a fine line between keeping people informed about radiation leaks that could affect them and holding back details so people wouldn’t experience unnecessary fear.
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
So could radiations from certain rocks, or arsenic washed out of soil or rocks to contaminate food or water supplies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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