Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful ...

Chickpeas, lentils, beans and peas are a fast-growing food market, with new uses going well beyond bean salads and ...

The accomplishment makes use of advancements in synchrotron X-ray light sources, a form of X-ray generated by a particle ...

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

Meet NSLS-II Vacuum Group Leader Robert Todd and learn about the crucial role high-tech vacuum systems play in maintaining ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a collaborative team of scientists report the development of a ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.

Facility X-ray synchrotron sources already provide this capability to a limited number of researchers, but the challenges in fabricating X-ray lenses limit the resolution to around 15 nm.

When Keith Hodgson first arrived at Stanford University in the fall of 1973, he did not know much about synchrotron radiation ...

The team used a combination of methods, including a specially developed technique involving the use of synchrotron X-rays, and their findings highlight a potential target for future antimicrobial ...

(Image: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) In absorption contrast imaging, the contrast in the STXM image arises from differences in the X-ray absorption of the sample. Chemical elements with ...

Distant galaxies and clusters can be detected by the X-rays they emit. Imaging in the water window has traditionally relied on large synchrotron radiation sources. Now, a tabletop tunable X-ray ...