residual radioactivity — Nuclear radiation that results from radioactive sources and persists for longer than one minute. Sources of residual radioactivity created by nuclear explosions include fission fragments and radioactive matter created primarily by neutron… … Military dictionary
radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… … Universalium
Fusion power — The Sun is a natural fusion reactor. Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus (in contrast with fission power). In doing so they release a … Wikipedia
Activated carbon — Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions … Wikipedia
Minimally conscious state — Classification and external resources MeSH D018458 Minimally Conscious State (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from Persistent vegetative state and Locked in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state, patients with MCS have partial … Wikipedia
Atomic nucleus — A figurative depiction of the helium 4 atom with the electron cloud in shades of gray. In the nucleus, the two protons and two neutrons are depicted in red and blue. This depiction shows the particles as separate, whereas in an actual helium atom … Wikipedia
Nitrazepam — Systematic (IUPAC) name … Wikipedia
Nanoindentation — is a variety of indentation hardness tests applied to small volumes. Indentation is perhaps the most commonly applied means of testing the mechanical properties of materials. The nanoindentation technique was developed in the mid 1970s to measure … Wikipedia
Dream — For other uses, see Dream (disambiguation). The Knight s Dream , 1655, by Antonio de Pereda Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep … Wikipedia
Glycogen phosphorylase — Phosphorylase The crystal structure of the rabit muscle glycogen phosphorylase AMP complex. AMP allosteric site (yellow), phosporylated Ser14 (orange), glycogen binding site (blue), catalytic site (red).[1] … Wikipedia
Hans-Joachim Born — was a German radiochemist trained and educated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie . Up to the end of World War II, he worked in Nikolaj Vladimirovich Timofeev Resovskij’s Abteilung für Experimentelle Genetik , at the Kaiser Wilhelm… … Wikipedia