Sentences with phrase «damaging effects of radiation»

With a better understanding of void formation in hand, scientists can work on developing composite materials that better resist the damaging effects of radiation.

Current astronauts are not as exposed to the damaging effects of radiation, Davis says, because the International Space Station flies in an orbit low enough that the Earth's magnetic field continues to provide protection.

Not exact matches

Just look at this list of benefits from a recent study done at the Yale - Griffin Prevention Research Center by David L. Katz, MD, and his colleagues: «Cocoa can protect nerves from injury and inflammation, protect the skin from oxidative damage from UV radiation... and have beneficial effects on satiety, cognitive function, and mood.»

Protection from UV Radiation: The anthocyanin anti-oxidants in blueberries help protect us from the damaging effects of UV radiation exposure.

In extreme cases, the application of X-rays is limited by these side effects, known as «radiation damage».

These pigments protect against the damaging effects of solar radiation, but as Cook discovered, they also give cryoconite grains impressive ice - carving powers.

Limoli and colleagues studied the effects of such radiation on rats, and it didn't take long for serious brain damage to set in.

The ozone layer is crucial since it blocks out the harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun known to increase the risk of skin cancer and cataract damage, in addition to other harmful effects on plants and animals.

However, most of these earlier findings were also correlated with fair skin, well known to accompany vulnerability to the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.

Chemotherapy and radiation can have side effects such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, tingling as a result of nerve damage, physical fatigue, mental fatigue, muscular pain, joint and pain and other forms of pain.

Niacinamide also acts as an antioxidant and has been studied for its effectiveness in helping to support healthy cartilage and joint function, helping to promote joint comfort and mobility, and helping to provide support for healthy skin in various ways including protection from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation.

The plant needs the sun's energy to grow, but it must also try to protect itself from the DNA - damaging effects of UV radiation.

Applying the healthy benefits of natural sunlight less the damaging effects of solar radiation, this treatment activates sweat glands to release toxins.

One of the adverse effects of both radiation and chemotherapy is that many normal cells are damaged or destroyed by the treatments.

d) the damaging effects of toxins are dose - dependent in a linear fashion down to zero, where even a tiny amount of a toxin, such as radiation or cigarette smoke, will harm some people... and

The United Nations organizations (WHO, IAEA, UNWTO, WMO, IMO, ICAO, ILO) closely monitoring the effects of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant remain confident that radiation levels do not present health or transportation safety hazards to passengers and crew.

The levels of exposure to radiation following the leaks and explosions at the earthquake - damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in 2011 were so low that they led today to this important conclusion from experts convened in Vienna by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation: