Quantum Dots: New Clinical Applications
Quantum dots are being most commonly used in physics and in the biomedical industry for theranostics (therapeutics and diagnostics).
May 7, 2012
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Dinah JL Novak
How Radiation Makes You Sick
Each radioactive element has its own characteristics. Each works in a different way to do you harm.
Dec 11, 2011
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Jon Plotkin
The CERN Accelerator Complex
Though the LHC is the most massive machine on earth, it is but one component in a system of particle accelerators at the CERN Accelerator Complex.
Oct 10, 2011
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Kitty Grey
Nuclear Power and Atom Bombs: Is the Radiation the Same?
A nuclear power plant cannot cause a nuclear explosion. But its radioactivity, which is the same as that created in an atomic bomb, is just as dangerous
Mar 20, 2011
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Jon Plotkin
Types of Electromagnetic Radiation
Find out general information about different forms of electromagnetic radiation. Learn about the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Mar 15, 2011
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Kristin Dorman
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