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Nanotube-powered X-rays

By / August 13, 2009

Technology Review reported that carbon nanotubes are at the heart of a new X-ray machine that is slated for clinical tests later this year at the University of North Carolina…

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SLAC lab gains $21.8M in new funding

By / August 10, 2009

Last week, I had a post on the DOE’s awarding of $327 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act monies going to various federal labs. Now, thanks to a press…

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Video of the week – SLAC’s X-ray laser achieves “first light”

By / June 17, 2009

Materials research got a great new tool in late April when the Linac Coherent Light Source high-energy laser came to life at the SLAC National Accelerator Lab in Menlo Park,…

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Oddest announcement of the last few weeks: Peeling tape can emit X-rays

By / November 14, 2008

Maybe a newly rediscovered property of Scotch tape is the reason the 3M company has been doing better in the last few months than the rest of the stock market.…

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