X-ray Archive
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Transition State Photography – Capturing the Birth of a Bond
Posted on March 3, 2015 | No CommentsChemical reactions proceed via a mechanism – one or more steps in which electrons are transferred between molecules (‘intermolecular’), or within a molecule (‘intramolecular’). Each […] -
Breakthrough Made In Efforts To Read Herculaneum Scrolls
Posted on February 1, 2015 | No CommentsScientists are on the verge of being able to read a library of ancient Roman scrolls for the first time. The collection of scrolls, from […] -
Synchrotrons, ships and sulphur: Using a particle accelerator to help conserve the Mary Rose
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsA few miles outside of Didcot, housed within what seems to be a flying saucer stranded in the Oxfordshire countryside, is one of the UK’s […] -
Most distant X-rays detected in the Universe
Posted on December 3, 2012 | No CommentsNASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has recently discovered a jet of X-rays originating from a supermassive black hole which is 12.4 billion light years away from […]