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Gamma ray
Of all the waves in the electromagnetic spectrum, gamma rays display the smallest wavelength and provide the most energy. Gamma rays are generated by some of the hottest, highest energy objects in the universe including neutron stars and the regions around black holes. Nuclear explosions, lighting, and radioactive decay can produce gamma rays on Earth.
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AUG 12, 2024Neuroscience
Researchers investigated how a 40Hz light and sound therapy helps preserve myelin in patients with Alzheimer's disease ( ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 06, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago. While life may have arisen about half a billion years l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
On October 9, 2022, a seven minute flash of gamma rays from a massive cosmic explosion burst into the night sky, d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines a new source of how gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could be created from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 08, 2023Space & Astronomy
How big is the biggest gamma-ray burst? An international team of researchers led by Pennsylvania State University (Penn ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2022Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 21, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a radioactive gel that eliminated pancreatic tumors in 80% of mice. The corresponding study w ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 16, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Pulsars are remnants of dead stars that die by the process of supernova explosion. These explosions often leave either a ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurOCT 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
An unusual signal has been detected coming from center of the Milky Way - or that direction.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1 ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 19, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A study published in both Science Advances and Science describes a new technology called the Neutron-Gamma Emission Tomo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evid ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
Outside of the Earth's magnetic field exist many kinds of dangerous radiation. These include ultraviolet, X-rays, an ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted a new kind of signal in space- four strange, circular objects. Three are particularly bright aro ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 20, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research published in The Astrophysical Journal identifies a way to detect periodic gamma-ray emissions from 11 active g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 17, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 02, 2020Chemistry & Physics
With vaccines at least one year away and no proven treatment for infection, the world has witnessed the loss of 20 ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 23, 2020Microbiology
Noroviruses can contaminate fresh produce and in developed nations, they are the most common cause of gastroenteritis.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
NASA recently retired its Spitzer Space Telescope, one of four specialized space-based observatories that together made ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2024
Neuroscience
Researchers investigated how a 40Hz light and sound therapy helps preserve myelin in patients with Alzheimer's disease (
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 06, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago. While life may have arisen about half a billion years l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On October 9, 2022, a seven minute flash of gamma rays from a massive cosmic explosion burst into the night sky, d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines a new source of how gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could be created from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 08, 2023
Space & Astronomy
How big is the biggest gamma-ray burst? An international team of researchers led by Pennsylvania State University (Penn
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 21, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a radioactive gel that eliminated pancreatic tumors in 80% of mice. The corresponding study w
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 16, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Pulsars are remnants of dead stars that die by the process of supernova explosion. These explosions often leave either a
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
OCT 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An unusual signal has been detected coming from center of the Milky Way - or that direction.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are gaining new insights on how our solar system was born from observations of a nearby star-forming region
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 19, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A study published in both Science Advances and Science describes a new technology called the Neutron-Gamma Emission Tomo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evid
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Outside of the Earth's magnetic field exist many kinds of dangerous radiation. These include ultraviolet, X-rays, an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted a new kind of signal in space- four strange, circular objects. Three are particularly bright aro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 20, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research published in The Astrophysical Journal identifies a way to detect periodic gamma-ray emissions from 11 active g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
With vaccines at least one year away and no proven treatment for infection, the world has witnessed the loss of 20
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 23, 2020
Microbiology
Noroviruses can contaminate fresh produce and in developed nations, they are the most common cause of gastroenteritis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently retired its Spitzer Space Telescope, one of four specialized space-based observatories that together made
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard