radioactive
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Scientists have found that using a radioactive implant precisely where a tumor was removed in the brain can help patients get their cancer treated more quickly and in many cases, live longer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Monazite tends to contain higher levels of radioactive thorium, which can be a processing issue.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“The dangers are so much different. Instead of an explosion, it just turns off. There’s no radioactive waste. So this light touch is exactly what the Congress overwhelmingly … wanted the NRC to do.”
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
By studying Antarctic ice that formed tens of thousands of years ago, researchers detected traces of iron-60, a rare radioactive form of iron created during supernova explosions.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
It worked this way: the worse the water was, the less you got, but what did come through was pure; the filter would not pass the radioactive part.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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