From the Shadows: A New Method for X-Ray Color Imaging
Researchers at Göttingen University have devised a new technique for X-ray color imaging. Researchers at the University of Göttingen have created a new approach to…
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“Completely Unexpected” – Scientists Discover a Magnetized Dead Star With a Solid Surface
According to a new study the X-ray light emitted by a certain magnetar – a highly magnetized dead star – appears to indicate that the…
“Really Impressive” – Astronomers Capture the First Wide-Field Snapshots of X-Ray Universe
EP-WXT Pathfinder has released its first results. EP-WXT Pathfinder, an experimental prototype of a module that will ultimately be part of the wide-field X-ray telescope…
Our Immune System Is No Match – Coronavirus Protein Caught Severing Critical Immunity Pathway
Powerful X-rays from the SLAC synchrotron show that the fundamental wiring of our immune system seems to be no match for the vicious SARS-CoV-2 protein….
For the First Time Ever, Images of Brain Inflammation Have Been Successfully Captured
Using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance, researchers captured pictures of the activation of microglia and astrocytes, two kinds of cells involved in neuroinflammation. The labs of Dr….
Unexpected Semiconductor Properties Revealed by Innovative New Tool
Discovery reveals the role of oxygen impurities in semiconductor properties A team of researchers investigating the properties of a semiconductor combined with a new thin…
High-Speed X-Ray Lasers Reveal the Secret Crystal Structures of Small Molecules
High-speed X-ray free-electron lasers have unlocked the crystal structures of small molecules relevant to chemistry and materials science, proving a new method that could advance…
Scientists Discover Surprising Applications of Nanodiamonds
A physical chemist and a diverse group of his students are working on applications with nanoscopic diamonds. Diamonds represent so much more to Abraham Wolcott…
A Surprising Structural Change in Metal Oxide at Low Temperature May Resolve a 60-Year-Old Mystery
Findings could help resolve a 60-year-old mystery and lead to applications in temperature-sensitive devices and energy-efficient systems. When water boils, it converts into another phase,…
New Method Allows Scientists To Synthesize Crystals in Ways Not Found in Nature
The new method of synthesizing crystals leads researchers to a brand new phase of metal, which may be useful for new technologies. Results were confirmed…
Safer X-Rays: Improved Scintillators for More Sensitive X-Ray Imaging
Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could allow a tenfold signal enhancement. Scintillators are materials that emit…
Radio Echoes of a Black Hole Feeding on a Star Detected
Signals suggest a black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up. On November 11, 2014, a global network…
Unusual X-Ray Lines Provide New Clues on the Nature of Dark Matter
Dark matter is increasingly puzzling. Around the world, physicists have been trying for decades to determine the nature of these matter particles, which do not…
NASA DXL Sounding Rocket Solves One Cosmic Mystery, Reveals Another
New research confirms some of our ideas about where cosmic X-rays come from and reveals an entire group of X-rays that don’t come from any…
New X-ray Tool Better Pinpoints the Arrival Time of X-ray and Other Laser Pulses
In a newly published study, scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory detail a new set of tools that better pinpoint the arrival time of…
X-Rays Reveal More of Fossil Record
Soft tissues, like skin and feathers, aren’t usually part of the fossil record, but a new technique has found a way to bring some of…
Exploring Chemical Changes at the Molecular Scale
Using X-ray emission spectroscopy, a team of researchers reveal chemical information about molecules before they are destroyed. Research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory demonstrates that…
The Z Machine Generates Pressures so Intense That It Can Melt Diamonds
Diamond is one of the toughest, naturally occurring materials found on Earth. Now, the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, can…
