Reading the unreadable
Pioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries.
May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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X-ray tomography on a living frog embryo
Classical X-ray radiographs provide information about internal, absorptive structures of organisms such as bones. Alternatively, X-rays can also image soft tissues throughout early embryonic development of ...
May 16, 2013
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Study of alligator dental regeneration process may lead to tooth regeneration in humans
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from the U.S., Taiwan and China analyzing tooth regeneration in alligators reports that a similar process might possibly be instigated in humans through artificial means. ...
May 14, 2013
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Taking X-rays of CO2
As CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere top 400 parts per million, options such as storing the greenhouse gas in porous sandstone rock formations found in abundance on the sea floor are of increasing interest. ...
May 14, 2013
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New insight into early growth of solid thin films
(Phys.org) —The foundation of many modern electronic devices, such as computer chips, are thin films – nanoscale-thickness layers of one material grown on the surface of another. As consumers continue ...
May 13, 2013
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How to overcome the oxide barrier
(Phys.org) —Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have uncovered the characteristics of a low-resistance electrical contact to strontium titanate, SrTiO3, an important prototypical oxide semi ...
May 13, 2013
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X-rays in the fast lane
X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) produce higher-power laser pulses over a broader range of energies compared with most other x-ray sources. Although the pulse durations currently available are enormously ...
May 10, 2013
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Microwave oven cooks up solar cell material
University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used ...
May 06, 2013
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Researchers develop new metrics for X-ray and neutron analysis of flexible macromolecules
(Phys.org) —A dramatic leap forward in the ability of scientists to study the structural states of macromolecules such as proteins and nanoparticles in solution has been achieved by a pair of researchers ...
Apr 25, 2013
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Structure of cell signaling molecule suggests general on-off switch
A three-dimensional image of one of the proteins that serves as an on-off switch as it binds to receptors on the surface of a cell suggests there may be a sort of main power switch that could be tripped. These surface receptors ...
Apr 21, 2013
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Fine bubble structure of bread dough visualized for the first time using CLS synchrotron
Baking the perfect loaf of bread is both a science and an art, so researchers are using Canada's only synchrotron to look at the way bubbles form in bread dough to understand what makes the perfect loaf and ...
Apr 19, 2013
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Dying supergiant stars implicated in hours-long gamma-ray bursts
(Phys.org) —Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a previously unrecognized class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Two international teams of astronomers ...
Apr 16, 2013
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Research group discovers nano-crystals at the interface between two liquids
Not all liquids are mixable. Researchers from the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of Kiel University (CAU) have investigated chemical processes with atomic resolution at the interface between ...
Apr 11, 2013
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High pressure gold nanocrystal structure revealed
A major breakthrough in measuring the structure of nanomaterials under extremely high pressure has been made by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN).
Apr 09, 2013
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Structure helps yield drug 'hypersensitivity' tests for patients
(Phys.org) —From a patient's point of view, one of the unsettling things about taking a new drug is the possibility of unwelcome side effects or worse, dangerous allergic reactions. As drugs are being developed ...
Apr 09, 2013
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