Sun's active region loops

New light shed on explosive solar activity

02 July 2012

探花直播first images of an upward surge of the Sun鈥檚 gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. 探花直播discovery is one more step towards understanding the origins of extreme space storms, which can destroy satellite communications and damage power grids on Earth.

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Image-guided intensity modulated RT plan for a patient with a spinal  tumour.  探花直播radiation dose is shaped away from the kidneys (yellow  outlines) and the spinal nerve roots (inside the green outline).  探花直播colour wash represents radiation dose

Project to improve radiotherapy planning

30 January 2012

A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of high precision radiotherapy. Accel-RT will also help overcome time constraints that currently limit the use of complex radiotherapy treatment.

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