Sentences with phrase «caused by radiation»

Nuclear power has multiple subsidies in the form of: - direct payments for new nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and others.

He is still in mourning for the death of his wife, whose cancer was caused by radiation poisoning from nuclear testing.

Used in Hospitals and cancer centers in Hawaii to relieve the pain of burns caused by radiation therapy.

Ginger and lemon balm may even reduce the DNA damage caused by radiation, including radiation exposure from airline travel.

The children were reported to experience a significant reduction of the micronucleus frequencies caused by radiation (69).

Leukemia was mostly caused by radiation, not through eating habits or general time.

In fact, research has shown that the damage your system will endure from a nutrient deficiency is hundreds of times greater than any damage caused by radiation or chemicals.

This change was made to combat the charge transfer efficiency (CTE) losses caused by radiation damage that the two WFC CCDs have suffered since being put into orbit by artificially increasing the background in the dark images.

It is a critical pathway mutant cancer genes use to communicate with cancer cells and recover from damage caused by radiation treatment.

Scientists provide an atomic view of the destruction caused by radiation in extreme environments

Biologists have generally assumed that the damage will be proportional to the dose, but in vitro studies have shown that cells can repair modest DNA damage caused by radiation — and that low - dose radiation might even protect the cell against future exposure.

But because the vinclozolin - induced fertility changes occurred in almost every male rat descended from a treated mother rather than in a small percentage of offspring (as is seen in germ line mutations caused by radiation), Skinner suspects an epigenetic mechanism — a change that doesn't mutate the DNA sequence of an animal, but rather affects how genes are expressed.

These kinds of sensors could also track the recovery of neck cancer patients, who commonly develop swallowing and speaking problems caused by radiation therapy and surgery, Rogers says.

In animal studies and early clinical trials, the drug known as Epo (for erythropoietin) appeared to counteract anemia caused by radiation and chemotherapy.

As for the two Japanese nuclear workers, they eventually died of organ failure caused by radiation anyway, notes radiologist Fred Mettler of the University of New Mexico.

Physicists have argued, however, that such time machines would eventually be destroyed by a catastrophic build - up of energy caused by radiation looping around within the wormhole, doubling its strength with each journey through time.

The drugs would suppress the nausea caused by radiation on the battlefield.

Indeed, a significant number of permanent failures on spacecraft have been caused by radiation.

A heckler interrupted Vice President Joe Biden during a speech on Saturday, alleging the VP's son Beau Biden was killed by a tumor caused by radiation from cell phones, which prompted boos from the audience.

And it took some time for him to regain dexterity in his left hand after he persuaded a doctor to cut off the index finger, which throbbed with pain from nerve damage caused by radiation treatments.

Mackey persuaded a doctor to cut off his left index finger, which throbbed with pain from nerve damage caused by radiation treatments.

Not exact matches

This means that computers could have the benefits of data delivered by light — high speeds, no heat caused by electronic resistance, and no interference from electromagnetic radiation — but would also be able to slow that data down enough so that computers chips could do something useful with it.

She died in 1934 due to aplastic anemia, which is caused by prolonged exposure to radiation.

Miller, along with many others who are convinced of the shroud's authenticity («shroudies» as they are sometimes known), believe that the clarity and three - dimensional nature of the image show that it was caused by a strong burst of radiation from the body lying beneath the cloth.

Weather is cause by the interaction of natural forces in the Earth's atmosphere and fueled by radiation from the Sun.

Marshalling convincing scientific data, they tell us that the environmental degradation caused by massive pollution of air water and land, threatens the very life of earth — fast depletion of non renewal resources, indeed of species themselves, the thinning of the ozone layer that exposes all living creatures to the danger of radiation, the build up of gases creating the greenhouse effect, increasing erosion by the sea — all these are brought out through their research.

In a beautifully ironic twist for a natural chemical falsely accused of causing stomach cancer, capsaicin has been shown to be «absolutely effective» in alleviating the pain from oral stomatitis, mouth sores caused by cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatments, according to Dr. Ann M. Berger of Yale University's Pain Management Center.

Whether you go to a tanning bed, get a tan indirectly by forgetting to wear sunscreen outside, or you're deliberately trying to increase your pregnancy glow - UV radiation from indoor tanning or outdoor tanning, is the leading cause of skin cancer.

The radiation produced was acutely dangerous in local areas, and caused cancer risks downwind, but the overall effects were dwarfed by many other man - made disasters.

It is the first DNA analyser to head into space, and may eventually allow astronauts to directly monitor changes to their genetic code caused by the harsh radiation environment in orbit.

True as that may be, numbers alone can not explain away the cold dread caused by the specter of radiation.

In an ideal SRM geoengineering scenario, even as humans warm the Earth by releasing increasing amounts of heat - trapping gases, that warmth would be counterbalanced, since more heat - causing radiation would also be reflected.

It also provides an electrically attractive environment that causes carriers that are scattered out of the two - dimensional electron gas by radiation - induced defects to be reinjected.

That «backsplash» of protons, which was discovered by CRaTER and is known as the moon's radiation «albedo,» is caused by the partial reflection of galactic cosmic rays off the moon's surface.

- The giant radio telescopes of NASA's Deep Space Network — which perform radio and radar astronomy research in addition to their communications functions — were tasked with observing radio emissions from Jupiter's radiation belt, looking for disturbances caused by comet dust.

As I was about to snag a free cashew - and - avocado smoothie, a fervent stranger accosted me, waving x-rays of tumors caused by cell phone radiation — radiation, she said in an anxious tone, that my cell phone was emitting in my pocket right now.

The grains are light enough to be set spinning by collisions with photons and fast - moving atoms, and because some are charged this would cause them to emit microwave radiation.

«One likely cause of more skin cancer among gay and bisexual men is greater exposure to ultraviolet radiation caused by indoor tanning,» said Arron, who also directs the UCSF High Risk Cancer Program.

The findings imply that radiation could be especially effective in treating human breast cancers caused by similar mutations.

Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing Earth to absorb less solar radiation.

Hotspots of radiation from the nuclear disaster are still likely to cause localized, small increases in cancer risk, according to a new report by the World Health Organization

The recent declines and disappearances of many frogs, toads, and salamanders have been blamed on a number of causes, including pathogenic infection, pesticides, pollutants, increased UV radiation from ozone depletion, and local drought spurred by climate change.

«Previous studies have shown a correlation between temperature and insect damage diversity in the fossil record, possibly caused by evolutionary radiations or range shifts in response to a warmer climate,» said Donovan.

Those with permanent impairment — usually caused by repeated surgeries or radiation to remove cancerous and noncancerous growths — have scarring and stiffening of the vocal cord mucosa that can lead to a complete loss of the voice.

Color variations in an image of the cosmic microwave background radiation depict temperature fluctuations caused by seeds of matter that eventually became galaxies.

Black lines show polarization of the radiation caused by gravity waves, a sign that an inflationary burst of expansion occurred immediately after the birth of the universe.

Conventional risk models used by NASA and others assume DNA damage and mutation are the cause of radiation cancers.

Mucosal melanoma occurs in the moist surfaces that line the body's cavities, such as the airways, digestive tract and genitourinary tracts, and is not caused by UV radiation; there is no known cause.

Melanoma usually occurs in the skin and is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation (such as sunlight).

A possible cause for the accelerated Arctic warming is the melting of the region's sea ice, which reduces the icy, bright area that can reflect sunlight back out into space, resulting in more solar radiation being absorbed by the dark Arctic waters.