When these particles slam into Earth’s atmosphere, they create a shower of secondary particles that can reach the surface. Some cosmic rays are so powerful that they can even mess with electronics, ...

Scientists have even sent them into space, where they were shown to survive extreme dehydration and cosmic radiation. One key component of tardigrades' defense systems is a unique damage ...

Single Event Effects (SEE) caused by high-energy cosmic radiation can disrupt or damage these systems, leading to catastrophic mission failures. DARPA’s Advanced Sources for Single Event Effect ...

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Could some animals be tapping into cosmic radiation for survival? Scientists are exploring whether certain microbes, fungi, and even deep-sea creatures have adapted to use high-energy space ...

The blasts of gamma rays released in the process can also significantly affect life, depleting nitrogen and oxygen in the upper atmosphere ... bombarded Earth with cosmic rays for 100,000 years ...

DURING the last ascent of the balloon F.NM.S. (August 18, 1934), we had the opportunity of measuring with precision the intensity of cosmic rays at altitudes of about 12,000 m., 15,000 m.

A new study has found that an explosion in virus diversity 2.5 million years ago in Lake Tanganyika occurred at the same time radiation from an ancient supernova bathed Earth in cosmic rays. This ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics enable transformational understanding and discovery in research by categorising any document into meaningful, accessible topics. Read this blog to understand ...

Wispy lines show the path of tiny, high-energy particles generated by cosmic rays. Look down into the chamber and you’ll see an ongoing cascade of thin white trails appearing and disappearing. These ...

The academics found perovskite devices are indeed “radiation hard” because they are soft and not very dense. While the radiation particles caused the cells to become disordered and damaged, ...