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In lab conditions, the scientists also exposed the moss to large amounts of gamma radiation.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 July 2024
Warning signs along the Richmond, Calif., site’s perimeter attempt to discourage trespassers from breaching the locked gates, where soil testing has detected cancer-causing gamma radiation more than 60 times higher than background levels in some places.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
In theory, dark matter particles could interact with each other, giving off gamma radiation.
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Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2010
This means that the wavelength of gamma radiation can be around 1,000 times smaller than visible light.
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WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
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“Gamma radiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamma%20radiation. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
gamma radiation
noun
: radiation made up of gamma rays
Medical Definition
gamma radiation
noun
: radiation that is composed of gamma rays and is used in cancer radiotherapy
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