In physics terms, radiation is simply energy on the move, carried by waves like sunlight or particles like those released by ...

Hence the plethora of radiation dosage graphics. We already posted an excellent one , but here is a second, more artful piece, by David McCandless at Information Is Beautiful .

March 3, 2009— -- Americans are now exposed to about seven times more radiation on average than they were in 1980, new research finds, and medical scans may be the reason. A report published ...

Prolonged exposure to low-dose radiation may increase the risk of hypertension, a known cause of heart disease and stroke. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

Our exposure to radiation is measured in a unit called a microsievert. The radiation levels near Fukushima plant's No. 2 reactor were about 73 microsieverts before a blast, but then it got to be ...

Shields can also cause automatic exposure controls on an X-ray machine to increase radiation to all parts of the body being examined in an effort to “see through” the lead.