Beta radiation from radioactive decay can be stopped with a few centimeters of plastic or a few millimeters of metal.

Beta radiation from linac accelerators is far more energetic and penetrating than natural beta radiation.

Beta sources can be used in radiation therapy to kill cancer cells.

Beta is often used to denote a variable in mathematics and physics, where it often has specific meanings for certain applications, such as representing beta radiation.

This unit is quite sensitive and can be used to measure low levels of Gamma radiation and detect Beta radiation.

* Nuclei that predominantly absorb neutrons and then emit Beta particle radiation lead to these isotopes, e. g., Th-232 absorbs a neutron and becomes Th-233 *, which emits a Beta particle and becomes Pa-233, which emits another Beta particle to become U-233.

With the realization that some soldiers could not read well enough to complete the Alpha test, the Beta test ( consisting of pictures and diagrams ) was administered.

Computer-generated 3-D representation of the zinc finger motif of proteins, consisting of an alpha helix | α helix and an antiparallel Beta sheet | β sheet.

Cartoon representation of the Cys2His2 zinc finger motif, consisting of an alpha helix | α helix and an antiparallel Beta sheet | β sheet.

He first appears to attack the United Nations where he has a contract to target Secretary-General Tseng only to be attacked by the Team's Beta Squad ( at that time, consisting of Batgirl and Wonder Girl ).

The school's Greek system, consisting by some estimates of 15 % of the school, includes Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Chi, Mu Phi Epsilon, Alpha Eta Rho, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Nu fraternities and the Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, and Gamma Phi Beta sororities.

The Three EPs is a compilation of The Beta Band's first three releases, consisting of the EPs Champion Versions, The Patty Patty Sound and Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos.

Phi Beta, at that time consisting exclusively of women, rented a house at 1928 Sherman Avenue in Evanston.

The Aliens are a Scottish band consisting of former Beta Band members Gordon Anderson ( aka Lone Pigeon, lead vocals, guitar ), John Maclean ( keyboards, backing vocals ) and Robin Jones ( drums, backing vocals ).

The issue was again brought up at the 1975 national convention, and a joint committee consisting of an equal number of members from Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma was formed to explore the legal possibilities of a corporate merger of the two organizations, with the results of their investigation to be read at the 1977 convention.

Beta decay is the release of a beta particle, a high-energy electron.

Beta decay occurs when the nucleus emits an electron or positron and a type of neutrino, in a process that changes a proton to a neutron or the other way around.

* Electron capture detector ( ECD ), which uses a radioactive Beta particle ( electron ) source to measure the degree of electron capture.

Beta reduction states that an application of the form < tt >( λx. t ) s </ tt > reduces to the term < tt > t := s </ tt > ( we write < tt >( λx. t ) s → t := s </ tt > as a convenient shorthand for “< tt >( λx. t ) s </ tt > beta reduces to < tt > t := s </ tt >”).

" Dreamweaver ’ s Dilemma " contains the first mention of Beta Colony.

Warm silica-rich dust and abundant SiO gas, products of high velocity (> 10 km / s ) impacts between rocky bodies, have been detected around the nearby ( 29 pc distant ) young (~ 12 My old ) Beta Pic Moving Group star HD172555 by the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Beta: The measurement of how a company ’ s stock price reacts to a change in the market.

* Other organizations: IEEE Student Branch, Inter-Fraternity Council, National Panhellenic Council, Lambda Chi Alpha, Chi Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Tau, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Zeta, Alpha Phi Omega, Omega Delta Phi, Kappa Delta Chi, Beta Sigma Phi, Delta Sigma Pi, Kappa Theta Chi, Residence Hall Assoc., Student Bar Assoc., Student Government Assoc., Cheerleaders, Code Blue Dance Team, Emerging Leaders, President ’ s Ambassadors, University Programming Council, Accounting Club, American Chemical Society of Students, Criminal Justice Student Assoc., Finance Club, Graduate International Relations Society, International Business Club, Psychology Club, Society of Physics, St. Mary ’ s Society of Mathematicians ( SM )^ 2, Student Educators Assoc.

Although Madison students make up about 4 % of MSU graduates, they represent around 35 % of the MSU ’ s Phi Beta Kappa members.

He was a member of many organizations and societies, including Anti-Slavery Society for the protection of Human Rights ; Phi Beta Sigma fraternity ( Alpha Chapter and Mu Chapter ); West African Students ' Union ; Onitsha Improvement Union ; Zik ’ s Athletic Club ; Ekine Sekiapu Society of Buguma, Kalabari ; St. John ’ s Lodge of England ; Royal Economic Society ; Royal Anthropological Institute ; British Association for the Advancement of Science ; American Society of International Law ; American Anthropological Association ; American Political Science Association ; American Ethnological Society ; Amateur Athletic Association of Nigeria ; Nigerian Swimming Association, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control ; Nigerian Cricket Association ; Ibo State Union ; Nigerian Table Tennis Association ; Nigeria Olympic Committee and British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association.

Many are elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and have received awards, including Brooklyn College ’ s Tow Travel Fellowship and Furman Travel Fellowship for undergraduate international study and research, and the nationally competitive Beinecke Fellowship and Mellon Humanities Fellowship for graduate study.

Godwin used the Shuttle ’ s robotic arm to install the MPLM onto the Station Node, and participated in a space walk to wrap thermal blankets around ISS Solar Array Beta Gimbal Assemblies.

Transition ( genetics ) | Transition s ( Alpha ) and transversions ( Beta ).

However, the posterior distribution which led to this result is the Beta ( s, n − s ) distribution, which will not be proper when s =

Meanwhile, Galactus revived Beta Ray ’ s predecessor – Alpha Ray – and ordered him to find Stardust and Beta Ray.

All chemokines share a typical Beta sheet # Greek key motif | Greek key structure that is stabilised by disulfide bond s between conserved cysteine residues.

Beta plus ( or positron ) decay of a radioactive tracer isotope is the source of the positrons used in positron emission tomography ( PET scan ).

Beta blockers are used in the prophylaxis of exertional angina by reducing the work the heart is allowed to perform below the level that would provoke an angina attack.

Beta testing takes place at customers ' sites, and involves testing by a group of customers who use the system at their own locations and provide feedback, before the system is released to other customers.

He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Psi and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford.

Deneb Algedi is a Beta Lyrae variable star ( a type of eclipsing binary ).

Alternatively, if a line is constructed perpendicularly between Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, the point where the above mentioned line and this line intersect marks the Southern Celestial Pole.

Beta Crucis, called Mimosa, is a blue-hued giant of magnitude 1. 3, 353 light-years from Earth.

It is a Beta Cephei-type Cepheid variable with a variation of less than 0. 1 magnitudes.

Beta Ceti, also called Deneb Kaitos and Diphda, is the brightest star in Cetus.

In addition to Alpha Centauri ( the 3rd brightest star in the sky ), a second first magnitude star, Beta Centauri, is part of Centaurus.

Also called Hadar and Agena, Beta Centauri is a double star ; the primary is a blue-hued giant star of magnitude 0. 6, 525 light-years from Earth.

Albireo, designated Beta Cygni, is a celebrated binary star among amateur astronomers for its contrasting hues.

Beta Chamaeleontis is a blue-white hued star of magnitude 4. 2, 27 light-years from Earth.

* 1776 – At The College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American college fraternity.

The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, formed from the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini.

Beta Delphini, called Rotanev, is a close binary star and the brightest in Delphinus, divisible in only large amateur telescopes.

The game is currently under OBT ( Open Beta Test ) with the final release scheduled for October.

Beta Fornacis is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 4. 5, 169 light-years from Earth.

Beta Gruis is a red giant variable star with a minimum magnitude of 2. 3 and a maximum magnitude of 2. 0 ; it is 170 light-years from Earth.

Beta Hydri, the brightest star in Hydrus, is a yellow star of magnitude 2. 8, 24 light-years from Earth.

* 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.

Karachi is ranked as a Beta world city.

Beta oxidation is the metabolic process by which fatty acids are broken down in the mitochondria and / or in peroxisomes to generate acetyl-CoA.

Beta Leporis, called Nihal, is a yellow giant of magnitude 2. 8, 159 light-years from Earth.