radiation
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At this stage, high energy radiation from the young star can penetrate the thinning material and heat gas in the disk until it escapes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
This ancient radiation was released when the early universe cooled enough for light to travel freely through what had previously been a hot, dense plasma.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Detecting such a weak signal is difficult because it could easily be buried beneath radiation from other sources, including cosmic rays.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
In turn, those particles should emit extremely faint electromagnetic radiation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
A team member’s dosimeter indicated that he had already been exposed to the maximum amount of radiation he was allowed to receive in a year.
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 fossil record shows several adaptive radiations in the horse lineage, which is now much reduced to only one genus, Equus, with several species.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Consequently, it would no longer be possible to compel “all those interested in nuclear physics and penetrating radiations to come to Berkeley.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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