The sterile insect technique, or SIT for short, is among the most environment-friendly insect pest control methods ever developed. Irradiation, such as with gamma rays and X-rays, is used to sterilize ...

Ever since Earth was a newly formed, sterile planet, meteorites have been ... have existed in early carbonaceous chondrites -- release gamma rays, a form of high-energy radiation, when they ...

The author reviews the benefits, challenges, and considerations to be made when selecting a gamma-irradiation sterilization method. Many sterilization methods are available for pharmaceuticals, ...