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What is Hawking radiation?
A description of Hawking radiation, which, theoretically, causes black holes to shrink.
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Cosmic Background Radiation
A uniform background radiation in the microwave region of the spectrum is observed in all directions in the sky. It shows the wavelength dependence of a "black body" radiator at about 3 Kelvins ...
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Cherenkov Radiation
A basic explanation of Cherenkov Radiation from Encyclopedia Britannica.
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How Nuclear Radiation Works
A brief description of how Nuclear Radiation works from HowStuffWorks.com. Covering atomic structure, particles, radioactive decay, applications, naturally occurring isotopes.
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Radiation dose chart
A simple chart illustrating the ionising radiation dose a person can receive from various different sources.
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Hyperphysics - Absorbed Dose of Radiation
Definition and units of absorbed dose and the biological effectiveness of radiation.
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Planck Radiation Formula
The Planck radiation formula is an example of the distribution of energy according to Bose-Einstein statistics.
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Biography of Charles Glover Barkla
Charles Glover Barkla (1877 - 1944) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1917 for his comprehensive research into the nature of radiation, in particular secondary radiation.
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COBE Satellite
NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite was launched to explore the cosmic microwave background radiation. It has discovered fluctuations in that radiation which are important to big bang ...
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