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Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, according to a new article published in ...

and cobalt-60 (Co-60). The two isotopes differ in their physical attributes, with cesium having a longer half-life but lower emitted gamma radiation energy. Cobalt-60 has a shorter half-life with ...

The UMass Lowell Radiation Laboratory is a unique facility which houses a 5.5-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, a 1-MW research reactor and a ~100-kilocurie Co-60 gamma-ray source within a single complex.

Scientists have synthesized a form of glass that can knit itself back together after being damaged by gamma radiation ... in irradiators powered by cobalt-60, a synthetic form of radioactive ...

Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide ... in the gas and aqueous phases under irradiation with a cobalt-60 emitter. In addition, the team was able to demonstrate that various solid ...

Radioisotopes of elements have a wide variety of uses. Cobalt-60 Used in medicine to treat cancer. Gamma rays can be focused on tumors. Iodine-131 Used to treat thyroid gland (in the neck).