News tagged with x ray fluorescence spectroscopy

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy unveils Da Vinci’s astounding sfumato technique

Mona Lisa’s mystical smile still puts viewers under a spell. Leonardo Da Vinci attained the perfection and finesse of his paintings with a technique he himself perfected. This technique is called sfumato (from the Italian ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of international researchers is the first to uncover the chemical composition and structure of a microelectronics element that is vital to producing ever smaller - and, thus, cheaper ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Molecular spectroscopy tracks living mammalian cells in real time as they differentiate

Knowing how a living cell works means knowing how the chemistry inside the cell changes as the functions of the cell change. Protein phosphorylation, for example, controls everything from cell proliferation ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using ion beams to detect art forgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame nuclear physicists Philippe Collon and Michael Wiescher are using accelerated ion beams to pinpoint the age and origin of material used in pottery, painting, metalwork ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images

Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient dry spells offer clues about the future of drought

As parts of Central America and the U.S. Southwest endure some of the worst droughts to hit those areas in decades, scientists have unearthed new evidence about ancient dry spells that suggest the future could ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Researchers take first steps toward X-ray superfluorescence

(PhysOrg.com) -- While physicist Robert Dicke is probably most famous for his work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) – and being "scooped" while attempting to be the first to detect it – he ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

How algae use a 'sulfate trap' to selectively biomineralize strontium

(PhysOrg.com) -- In any kind of nuclear reactor, there is a small amount of the radioactive isotope strontium-90 that is formed as part of the regular fission process. In fact, fission products such as strontium-90 ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biology, materials science get a boost from robust imaging tool

Shape and alignment are everything. How nanometer-sized pieces fit together into a whole structure determines how well a living cell or an artificially fabricated device performs. A new method to help understand ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Imaging the paintings under the paintings of the Old Masters

Gaze upon Rembrandt's The Night Watch, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, or one of the great Dutch master's famous self-portraits. Contemplate Caravaggio's Boy with a Basket of Fruit, Supper at Emmaus, or the famed Italian ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

X-rays show why van Gogh paintings lose their shine

Scientists using synchrotron X-rays have identified the chemical reaction in two van Gogh paintings that alters originally bright yellow colors into brown shades.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers get a grip on nervous system's receptors

A digital signal processing technique long used by statisticians to analyze data is helping Houston scientists understand the roots of memory and learning, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and stroke.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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