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Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine
We conduct research, teach courses and offer advice in the areas of space, aviation, high altitude, remote, dive and hyperbaric medicine. Central to our work is the concept that the study of human ...
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How Nuclear Medicine Works
A brief description of how Nuclear Medicine works. The pages address broad areas of medical use of radiation: PET, MRI scanners, SPECT, cardiovascular and bone scanning, treatment, radiation therapy
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Physicist shares Nobel prize for medicine
Sir Peter Mansfield, a physicist at Nottingham University in the UK, has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Hyperphysics - Nuclear Medicine
Use of positron emission tomography (PET scan) with links to relevant explanations.
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Inside story: Physics in Medicine
A series of games which allow you to explore the human body and treat disease using the latest medical technology.
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Nuclear Physics Applications
A very basic guide from the ThinkQuest competition covering a number of topics. Has no mathematics but good for reactor diagrams and the medicine topic covers treatments.
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University of California at Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering Department
A good overview of the applications of nuclear science, including medicine, fusion and fission energy and more.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Although trained in the law and medicine, Nicolas Copernicus (1473 - 1543) was more interested in astronomy and math. By the early 1500s, he realized that Ptolemy's system for calculating the ...
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The World of Nuclear Energy
An introduction to nuclear medicine, nuclear reactors, nuclear physics, nuclear power, nuclear waste and war. Includes movie clips of the effects of nuclear detonation.
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The Nobel Foundation
The Nobel Prize is the first international award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and ...
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