On January 19, 1993, a very bright bolide (peak magnitude −23) crossed the sky of Northern Italy, ending with an explosion approximately over the town of Lugo (Emilia Romagna, Italy). The explosion (14 kton of energy) generated shock waves which were recorded by six local seismic stations. A reanalysis of the available data leads us to the hypothesis that the meteoroid was a porous carbonaceous...

The present study focused on the possible protective effect of Prunus domestica extract (PDE) against radiation induced damage in liver and small intestine of Swiss albino distributed into five groups of 10 mice each. fruits extract (PDE) was evaluated for in vivo activity against whole body gamma irradiation in Radiation induced histological lesions and antioxidant parameters were observed. PD...

INTRODUCTION When considering the potential radiological impacts of anthropogenic radionuclides in the environment, it is important to understand the doses incurred by biota by natural activity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides. Naturally occurring Po (half-life138 days) and Pb (half-life 22.3 years) are members of the U decay chain. In the marine environment, Po and Pb are pr...