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First X-ray image of an atom taken
The image of the smallest chemical element has finally been captured by scientists using X-rays.
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'Unveiling' the painful truth behind the experiment that created the world's first X-rays
X-rays have helped modern medicine a lot, but the early experiments to discover them cost human lives.
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The deadly experiment made Edison afraid of X-rays
The death of his close assistant caused Edison to become afraid of X-rays and stop researching fluorescent lamps.
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Stunning photos of animals through X-rays
Newly released images from a project called OpenVertebrate allow us to see inside lizards, birds, rodents... through X-ray vision.
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Making the world's brightest X-ray laser machine
10 meters underground and not far from Stanford University, scientists are perfecting a laser machine that could change the way the building blocks of the universe are s…
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NASA/ESA telescope captures strange X-rays from 3 'hell' planets
NASA's Chandra X-ray Telescope and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite investigated anomalous X-ray activity from three white dwarfs and discovered three objects that were planet…
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Successfully built the world's thinnest X-ray detector
Australian researchers have built the thinnest X-ray detector ever.
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The strange ghost crab has no tongue but still makes a cry, the X-ray expert has just figured it out
Can ghost crabs make calls? How is that?
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Use echoes of X-ray radiation to map cosmic black holes
The echo of X-ray radiation helps to identify the material properties swallowed by the black hole, the gas environment surrounding the black hole ...
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The invention of hydropower, X-rays, Tesla should have long been recognized
Tesla is probably the great inventor that you haven't heard of in a long time.
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NASA captured mysterious X-rays from the universe's strongest 'beast'?
NASA's NuSTAR Nuclear Spectrometer has just captured mysterious light from the universe, a source of super-energy X-rays that baffles scientists.
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NASA uses X-ray technology to track space explosions
With X-ray technology, NASA's US agency has built a map of stars in space. This achievement is the foundation for future astronaut navigation system.
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The mystery of an unusual source of X-rays in the galaxy Messier 86
Accordingly, the newly discovered ULX source, named M86 tULX-1, is located about 62,000 light-years away from the center of the Messier 86.
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Amazing facts that you can only see under X-ray lenses
Human X-ray technology can be said to be a huge step forward, allowing doctors to observe what's going on in the human body without having to puncture everything.