Ionizing radiation includes alpha particles (a high-speed helium nucleus), beta particles (a high-speed electron or positron), gamma rays, X-rays, and galactic cosmic radiation (GCR).

(SNOLAB) A tank of the purest water, buried under kilometers of rock in Ontario, Canada, flashed as a barely detectable particle slammed through its molecules. This event was the first time that water ...

The Neutron Activation Analysis is a very sensitive method for determination of element content and composition. However, conventional methods do not provide information regarding the spatial ...

Ward J. DNA damage produced by ionizing radiation in mammalian cells: identities, mechanisms of formation and repairability. Prog Nuclei Acid Res Mol Biol. (1988) 35:95–125. doi: 10.1016/S0079-6603 ...

Alpha, beta, and gamma are all types of ionizing radiation, in that they can kick an electron out of an atom. However, with neutron radiation a neutron is ejected from a radioactive nucleus.

Radiotherapy involves using carefully selected doses of ionizing radiation to damage the DNA of cancer cells. The DNA controls how they divide. Radiation causes the tumour to shrink and, in some cases ...

Cerenkov radiation (CR) has been used in various biological research fields, which has aroused lots of attention in recent years. Combining optical imaging instruments and most of nuclear medicine ...

This radiation received its name — gamma-rays — simply because gamma is the third letter in the Greek alphabet after alpha and beta. Unbeknownst to Villard and his cohorts in the early 1900s ...

A beta particle is an electron or positron that travels at a high energy and high speed. Both of these particles are emitted by elements that are undergoing radioactive decay.

Likely four-quark particle spotted by Beijing Electron Positron Collider has never been seen before.

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