Tag Archives: Radiation

Universe Shouldn’t Be Here, According to Higgs Physics

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer  Modeling of conditions soon after the Big Bang suggests the universe should have collapsed just microseconds after its explosive birth, the new study suggests. “During the … Continue reading

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Major Solar Flare Erupts from the Sun (Video)

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer March 31, 2014 12:26 PM The sun unleashed a major solar flare on Saturday (March 29), causing a radio blackout for several minutes on Earth, space … Continue reading

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Giant Electric Fields May Supercharge Particles In Earth’s Radiation Belts

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor  Huge electric fields in the radiation belts around Earth may help explain how electrons surrounding the planet can be accelerated to speeds near that of … Continue reading

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Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant

Since the first mention of the issue with the nuclear power plants in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami there has not been one encouraging word to suggest that the situation is under control. This is definitely not good … Continue reading

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Factbox: How much radiation is dangerous?

For those of you out there interested in knowing how much radiation exposure is “safe” and the effects of radiation, refer to the following information. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Japan asked local governments to make … Continue reading

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Radiation leaking from Japan’s quake-hit nuclear

This is definitely not a good thing. Hopefully the radiation leak was marginal and there is no threat of radiation poisoning in the atmosphere. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Chris Meyers and Kim Kyung-hoon Chris Meyers And … Continue reading

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Russian wildfires raise radiation fears

The last thing these people need is the threat of radiation poisoning! TGO Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press MOSCOW – Activists are warning that the more than 600 wildfires still burning in Russia could move into the … Continue reading

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