radiation
6 stories and discussions about radiation, aggregated from every source we track.
The Van Allen radiation belts are huge, doughnut-shaped regions of highly energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetosphere. These charged particles play a major role in space weather, so studying them…
Tobacco - Smoking Cigarettes - Radiation Dose. Due to decay of polonium-210, the annual local dose caused by smoking cigarettes (1.5 packs/day) is about 80 mSv/year.
While the study of death records across 500 occupations is US based, experts say the finding could be similar in Australia and suggests more radiation monitoring of airline crew is needed.
Neutron radiation typically refers to the movement and emission of free neutrons and can subsequently include how they will interact with matter. Free neutrons are typically created by emitting or ejecting a neutron…