Tiny, Convenient Terahertz Microchips Can See Inside Objects
Technology Caltech scientists build the world's first integrated terahertz scanners, the size of a fingertip. A new silicon microchip can do what no other silicon microchip could before, generating...
View ArticleUsing Science To Discover Picasso's Genius
Science A persistent mystery for art historians and especially students of 20th century art might seem small at first: what kind of paint did Picasso use? But in fact it's a very big… A persistent...
View ArticleTwo Men Arrested For Trying To Build An X-Ray Gun [Updated]
Technology Which leaves us with the important question: Could an X-ray weapon actually work? On Wednesday, the New York Times reported the curious case of Glendon Scott Crawford, a man with Ku Klux...
View ArticleBig Pic: An X-Ray Telescope Shifts Its Gaze
Technology The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space telescope has been in orbit since 1999, and it's constantly collecting information, even when it's just adjusting its position.
View ArticleTabletop Device Would Destroy Chemical Weapons With X-Rays
Technology With support from the Pentagon, one scientist is developing a compact x-ray device to break up chemical and biological agents. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,...
View ArticleWatch A Machine Tell The Difference Between Soda And Liquid Explosives
Technology Some potentially good news for future holiday travelers.
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Science Four new images of supernova remnants celebrate the telescope's 15 years of awesome discoveries The Space Shuttle Columbia carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into space on July 23, 1999. To...
View ArticleRainbow Clouds, Cyber-Dogs, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week
Science Plus: stunning x-rays of undersea creatures.
View ArticleSeeing Inside The Guts Of A Virus
Science A new way to reconstruct viruses in 3D could reveal the big picture on tiny objects Even though mimiviruses are some of the largest viruses we know of, they measure only one tenth the width of...
View ArticleLargest-Ever Medical Imaging Study Launches In The UK
Health Painting a pretty picture for disease prevention A team of researchers throughout the United Kingdom will be doing a lot of that—they are [kicking off the world’s largest imaging study.
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