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radioactivity

noun as in radiation

noun as in x-ray

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The researchers did not report any evidence of radioactivity within the quasicrystal itself, Conover says.

These fears were addressed instead by films that tickled the imagination, with giant insects transformed by radioactivity.

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Although radioactivity was discovered in 1896, that energy long remained an untapped resource.

This would allow an estimate of the energy still left in the Martian core from a combination of its formation and radioactivity, a key element in understanding what geological activity might still be possible there.

“It is probably the purest environment in terms of radioactivity on Earth,” says Gioacchino Ranucci, a Borexino member.

Speculation: The scorch might have been made by radioactivity attendant upon the resurrection.

This new virus strain was accidentally produced in the course of some experiments with radioactivity.

Twenty minutes after the irradiation period, the radioactivity of the calcium standards is measured by the same instrument.

Later on, radioactivity from silver (silver-110m) can be measured using a longer counting time.

Since the atomic wars, the increased radioactivity of the earth undoubtedly stimulates mitosis of the malignant cells.

Traces of natural radioactivity can be found, in fact, in all substances on earth.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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