11.   The water and concrete absorb the radiation, allowing UT students and researchers to observe experiments without a safety risk.

12.   While most materials absorb radiation when it strikes them, materials in lasers or masers add energy to radiation that hits them at certain wavelengths.

13.   Workers were attempting to insert hoses into the contaminated area to drench it with special chemicals to absorb the radiation.

14.   The wetlands of southern Belarus have aggravated the situation by absorbing the radiation from Chernobyl and spreading it across the country in groundwater.

15.   They are transparent to incoming sunlight but absorb infrared radiation Earth emits back toward space.

16.   Usually, the stars are too far away to do any damage and the radiation is harmlessly absorbed by the ozone layer.

17.   The new product, Rayosan, is similar to a colourless dye that absorbs ultraviolet radiation and is added to material during the weaving process.