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radiation

[ray-dee-ay-shuhn] / ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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Galaxies with the fastest winds allowed the smallest fraction of ionizing radiation to escape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rather than opening routes for radiation to escape, the researchers found that stronger galactic winds were associated with less escaping ionizing radiation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

To investigate how radiation escapes, the international team used the Hubble Space Telescope to examine nearby starburst galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

More observations could help establish how important the activity of young stars is in allowing ionizing radiation to escape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s our atoms that make us vulnerable to radiation.

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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