Sentences with phrase «by radioactive»

Directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to by or arising from ionising radiation or contamination by radioactive substance from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel.

As shown in the graph below, cosmic - ray intensity (as measured by the radioactive carbon isotope C - 14) and terrestrial climate (as measured by the oxygen isotope O - 18) correlate in amazing detail over an interval of at least 3000 years (see graph below; the bottom graph is the central section, blown up to reveal detail)

«About 50 % of the heat given off by the Earth is generated by the radioactive decay of elements such as uranium and thorium, and their decay products.

What is not clear, however, is how much of this heat is primordial — left over from the formation of the Earth — and how much is generated by radioactive decay.»

It will not stop warming until the amount radiated to space equals the amount generated by the radioactive elements in the planet.

«The Earth's internal thermal energy flows to the surface by conduction at a rate of 44.2 terawatts (TW), and is replenished by radioactive decay of minerals at a rate of 30 TW.»

Beneath the Earth's crust lies the mantle which is heated by the radioactive decay of heavy elements.

Debates over fallout shelters offered an image of a dead planet scourged by radioactive dust.

My current projects include an installation and book about the transformation of the Mojave Desert during the Cold War, and several projects concerning water contaminated by radioactive isotopes and the subsequent effects on the human genome.

Not wanting to get anybodies hopes up but this could be the time that we all can get as close to being your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider - Man other than getting bit by a radioactive spider ourselves (which would probably kill us instead of giving us powers).

After all, that just happens to be apart of your life when you're bitten by a radioactive spider and just happen to get super powers.

As well as being threatened by the dangerous enemies, your companions can be killed by the radioactive poisonous smog that shrouds the Sierra Madre... but your explosive collar is linked to their lifesigns.

The reader thus will find a large collection of valuable and interesting data related to the environmental contamination by radioactive nuclides after the Fukushima accident.

John R. Phythyon, Jr. wishes he were a superhero or a magician, but, since he has not yet been bitten by a radioactive spider or gotten his letter from Hogwarts, he writes adventure stories instead.

When one of the children becomes involved in a group seeking damages for those harmed by the radioactive dust that contaminated their world, their past and present collide for this eclectic cast of characters.

Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider, Bruce Banner is caught in a blast of gamma radiation.

Becky, the daughter of one of the Navajo mill workers Ryland had supervised, is now involved in a group seeking damages for those harmed by the radioactive dust that contaminated their world.

She went to high school with Peter Parker and was there when he was bitten by the radioactive spider that turned him into Spider - Man.

The twist is that our protagonist doesn't get bitten by a radioactive spider or anything; he just decides on a whim to make himself a costume out of a green and yellow wetsuit, grab a pair of nightsticks and go out into the streets, looking for bad guys to beat up... or get beaten up by.

This first «Cindy» that comes to mind in Marvel's Spider - Man titles is Cindy Moon, a.k.a. Silk, who was bitten by a radioactive spider the same day as Peter Parker and who has similar powers.

Director: Marc Webb Cast: Andy Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan Plot: Peter Parker (Garfield) investigates the disappearance of his parents, when he is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes the Spectacular, the Amazing Spiderman.

With gameplay this good, this unique, and with this much innovation, Sony could have easily gotten away with phoning this aspect in --» Oh whoa I got these crazy powers by being hit by a shooting star and bitten by a radioactive moon man, now I have to save the world from moon men!»

So of course it's a joke that poor Susan Murphy (the voice of Reese Witherspoon: Four Christmases, Rendition) ends up in a government facility so secret that «it's a crime even to say its name» when she gets zapped by a radioactive meteorite on her wedding day and is mutated into... well, not Bridezilla, because Susan is a really nice, really sweet girl, one who's a bit too accommodating, actually, to her fiancé, TV weatherman Derek (the voice of Paul Rudd: I Love You, Man, Role Models).

Some Marvel heroes received their extraordinary abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider, while others were injected with a Super-Soldier serum.

That's saying something when one considers that we've seen the adventures of a Norse god who is actually an alien, a teenager whose DNA is modified by a radioactive spider, and all sorts of mutants with sometimes questionable powers, such as somehow being genetically predisposed to control the weather.

Maguire turns 38 in June, but here he still looks like the same young man once bitten by a radioactive spider.

He's this little nerd boy journalist who gets bit by a radioactive spider and falls in love with a redhead.

The hero is a regular nobody with a sad past — either they're a nerd, an outcast, an orphan, or just an arrogant asshole with a chip on their shoulder — who gets bitten by a radioactive animal, or gets toxic sludge spilled on them.

In yet another reboot of Spider - Man, Tom Holland appears as teen Peter Parker, transformed into the superhero after being bitten by a radioactive arachnid.

This Spidey is more of a throwback to themes of the original comic books, in which young high school student Peter Parker is a socially outcast science whiz who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and finds he can climb walls, lift cars and sense impending danger.

This rib - tickling spoof of comic book adventures stars Drake Bell as a teenager who is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly and attains super powers.

Shaun isn't special ops, or a trained survivalist, or a superhero bitten by a radioactive spider, and in a way, one doesn't ever truly worry for her safety (she impressively scales a stone wall and a fance, while running around barefoot for a good chunk of the film without stubbing her toe, too).

With its references to other properties in the Marvel universe and to classic tales of redemption, this no - surprises summer movie might appeal to those who've been bitten by radioactive spiders or the Shakespeare bug.

In a rare break from the Cold War origins Lee tended to give his heroes, the X-Men were not people who had been bombarded by fallout or bitten by a radioactive trout; they were «mutants,» people born with psychic talents or the ability to shoot red power beams from their eyes, not Homo sapiens but homo superior.

If you want someone who actually cares then hire someone who actually deals with you as a person and stop buying into the illusion that a Fortune 1000 company cares whether you find your mate, or are eaten by radioactive weevils for that matter.

Hypothyroidism can also be caused by radioactive iodine treatment or surgery on the thyroid gland, which are used to treat other types of thyroid disorders.

While the tremendous increase in luminosity is given by energy liberated by the explosion, its gradually fading light is fueled by radioactive cobalt decaying into iron.

This is light of extremely short wavelengths typically produced either among the stars / in cosmic rays or by radioactive element decay.

Some gamma rays can be produced by radioactive elements within Ceres itself, but most are byproducts of cosmic rays originating from elsewhere in space.

«Venus is a big planet, being heated by radioactive elements in its interior.

This isotope forms by the radioactive decay of potassium 40, which is sequestered in the rocks deep in Titan's core.

The first rover to be powered by the radioactive decay of plutonium rather than sunlight, Curiosity will be able to work around - the - clock and through the Martian winter.

The mantle, which makes up more than four - fifths of the earth's volume, is energized by radioactive heating within it and by the molten iron outer core below it.

Natural circulation in the reactor alone is enough to remove all the heat generated by the radioactive decay of the elements in the reactor fuel.

The articles are results of pioneer research in the use of CO2 marked by radioactive C11 for visualizing the CO2 flow in porous rock under high pressure.

Spencer and other team members speculated that the bodies could be powered by radioactive isotopes or by heat left over from their formation.

It is a naturally occurring isotope produced by the radioactive decay of thorium in sediments.

Norway and Sweden are worried about the threat posed by radioactive leaks from sunken nuclear - powered submarines and nuclear waste off the Kola Peninsula, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants there.

The Cassini mission to Saturn, the twin Voyagers» trips beyond the solar system, Curiosity's rove around the Martian surface, New Horizons» pass by Pluto and Galileo's close encounter with Jupiter were all brought to you by the radioactive element plutonium - 238.

Wheeler likes to use the example of a high - energy particle released by a radioactive element like radium in Earth's crust.