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MinXSS CubeSat Launches To ISS To Study Sun's Soft X-Rays

2015-12-08 03:41:09| rfglobalnet Home Page

On Dec. 4, the bread loaf-sized Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat is scheduled to rocket to space alongside thousands of pounds of supplies and science experiments destined for the International Space Station. MinXSS will study the spectroscopy of soft x-rays, a particular type of light from the sun.

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Scientists Tune X-Rays With Tiny Mirrors

2015-05-07 07:45:18| rfglobalnet Home Page

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have created a new way of manipulating high-intensity X-rays, which will allow researchers to select extremely brief but precise X-ray bursts for their experiments.

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X-Rays Unlock Secrets of Ancient Scrolls Buried by Volcano

2015-01-21 03:58:16| Electronics - Topix.net

Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, holding out the promise that the world's oldest surviving library may one day reveal all of its secrets. The scroll is among hundreds retrieved from the remains of a lavish villa at Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was one of several Roman towns that were destroyed when Mt.

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X-rays reveal words in Vesuvius-baked scrolls

2015-01-20 21:42:59| Electronics - Topix.net

Scientists have read ancient scrolls not opened since they were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago. Although only a few letters have been deciphered so far, classical scholars hope that the advance could lead to the rediscovery of lost Greek or Roman works of literature in hundreds of papyri that are too fragile to unroll and read.

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X-rays reveal words in Vesuvius-baked scrolls

2015-01-20 21:21:02| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Scientists have read ancient scrolls not opened since they were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago. Although only a few letters have been deciphered so far, classical scholars hope that the advance could lead to the rediscovery of lost Greek or Roman works of literature in hundreds of papyri that are too fragile to unroll and read.

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