Findings could help resolve a 60-year-old mystery and lead to applications in temperature-sensitive devices and…
Browsing: X-ray
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than those of visible light, which enables them to pass through many materials that light cannot. Discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, X-rays are widely used for diagnostic medical imaging and therapeutic applications. They work by projecting X-ray beams through the body onto a detector or film on the other side, creating an image that highlights contrasts based on the varying densities and compositions of different tissues, bones, and organs. This makes them particularly useful for identifying fractures, examining the chest for lung conditions, and assessing other abnormalities within the body. In addition to their medical uses, X-rays are employed in industry for inspecting the integrity of materials and in security for scanning luggage and containers. X-ray technologies have evolved with the development of computed tomography (CT) scans, which provide more detailed cross-sectional images of the body, enhancing diagnostic accuracy.
The new method of synthesizing crystals leads researchers to a brand new phase of metal,…
Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could…
Signals suggest a black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material…
Dark matter is increasingly puzzling. Around the world, physicists have been trying for decades to…
New research confirms some of our ideas about where cosmic X-rays come from and reveals…
In a newly published study, scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory detail a new…
Soft tissues, like skin and feathers, aren’t usually part of the fossil record, but a…
Using X-ray emission spectroscopy, a team of researchers reveal chemical information about molecules before they…
Diamond is one of the toughest, naturally occurring materials found on Earth. Now, the Z…
After exciting small, light-sensitive hydrocarbon molecules with light from an ultraviolet laser, Scientists at SLAC’s…
Physicists have generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, opening the…
By using the Linac Coherent Light Source at Stanford to analyzed tiny protein crystals, scientists…
A recent low-energy test with SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source proved that the X-ray laser…
Viewing nanoparticles in three dimensions may soon be possible in labs all around the world.…
A new 4D dynamic functional lung imaging method developed by engineers at Monash University will…
By the standards of space-based astronomy, NASA’s new NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) telescope that…
NASAA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is one step closer to its March launch.…