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When a mold’s takeover of an artifact must be stopped, there’s gamma radiation—pelting it with electromagnetic energy from radioactive decay to kill fungi and spores.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2026
By 1968, about 6,000 postal employees had been trained to use radiological equipment, such as the CD V-700 pictured at top, to monitor beta and gamma radiation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
Although GRBs start with dazzling flashes of gamma radiation, their afterglows span multiple energy wavelengths.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
While radiation therapy remans an important part of cancer treatment, there is not a single machine in Haiti, where the last clinic with a gamma radiation device closed more than 20 years ago.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2026
By 1968, about 6,000 postal employees had been trained to use radiological equipment, such as the CD V-700 pictured at top, to monitor beta and gamma radiation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
Although GRBs start with dazzling flashes of gamma radiation, their afterglows span multiple energy wavelengths.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
While radiation therapy remans an important part of cancer treatment, there is not a single machine in Haiti, where the last clinic with a gamma radiation device closed more than 20 years ago.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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“Gamma radiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamma%20radiation. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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