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Using Science To Discover Picasso's Genius
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Happy Birthday, Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Largest-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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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...
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Using 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...
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Two Men Arrested For Trying To Build An X-Ray Gun [Updated]
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Big 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.
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Tabletop 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,...
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Happy Birthday, Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Seeing Inside The Guts Of A Virus
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