Sentences with phrase «of ionising radiation»

What is abundantly clear however is that life can not adapt to the mutagenic and teratogenic effects of ionising radiation.

There is a lot of oxygen in comparison with the amount of ionising radiation available.

This EU - funded programme links groups working on the response of stem cells to low doses of ionising radiation, such as found in medical imaging or nuclear accidents.

Herschel 36 is the main source of ionising radiation for this part of the Lagoon Nebula.

During their lives, massive stars produce copious amounts of ionising radiation and kinetic energy through strong stellar winds.

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X-rays are classified as ionising radiation, which in case of improper use may be dangerous for persons and for their surroundings.

The team analysed the effect of this energetic radiation on the pillars: a process known as photoevaporation, when gas is ionised and then disperses away.

This research was presented in a paper entitled «Connecting the dots: a correlation between ionising radiation and cloud mass - loss rate traced by optical integral field spectroscopy,» by A. F. McLeod et al., published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

The idea that massive stars will have a considerable effect on their surroundings is not new: such stars are known to blast out vast quantities of powerful, ionising radiation — emission with enough energy to strip atoms of their orbiting electrons.

Biochemists have managed to synthesise 10 of them in experiments that simulate lifeless prebiotic environments, using proxies for lightning, ionising radiation from space, or hydrothermal vents to provide the necessary energy.

Its ability to ionise air made it easy to detect and led to a surprising discovery: even when no radioactive source was present, detectors revealed the presence of some other radiation that was ionising the air.

In planetary nebulae, thought to be the evolved stage of pre-planetary nebula, the core is exposed and the hotter radiation it emits ionises the gas in the now weaker jets, which in turn glow.

Kerie Hammerton of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation argued that ionising radiation can usefully prevent spoilage and food - borne disease, and that many overseas studies suggest there are no safety issues.

The distinctive blueish colour of this rather mysterious object is again created by radiation from the hot star — this time by ionising oxygen instead of hydrogen.

These are the glowing remains of the stellar envelope of gas ejected during the AGB phase, which is ionised by ultraviolet radiation emitted by the central star.

MPE12: Personnel dosimetry and techniques to communicate practical results to the users A practical challenge to be solved: what are the appropriate methods and what degree of dosimetry is reasonable for different groups of personnel exposed to ionising radiation?

Such diseases are believed to be initiated by mutations and rearrangements of the DNA sequence.DNA damage generated by ionising radiation, simple alkylating agents or endogenously hydrolytic and oxidative processes is corrected by the base excision repair (BER) pathway.

The energy released now heats the gas till it becomes an ionised plasma due to the high Temperature, the escape of this centraally generated energy to the suface of the «cloud», now a proto star will eventually stop the collapse as the outer layers also heat, and the outer plasma will become opaque to the EM radiation generted at the million degree buring interface.

Oh, don't worry, some dyed in the wool ecologists even now believe that carbon dioxide, the basis of life on earth is more toxic to life than ionising radiation.

A group of 1,011 claimants seek damages for exposure to ionising radiation as a result of exposure to nuclear tests undertaken during the 1950s in the Pacific Ocean.

Any liability caused by or due to consequential event due to ionising, radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from, any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel.

Damage, deconstruction or loss to property is insured by — i) ionising radiation, or contamination by radioactivity from nuclear fuel or wastage from the combustion of nuclear fuel.

NUCLEAR RISK - Damage, deconstruction or loss to property is insured by — i) ionising radiation, or contamination by radioactivity from nuclear fuel or wastage from the combustion of nuclear fuel.

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.