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Archaeopteryx: Bringing the Dino-Bird to Life
Some 150 million years ago, a strange creature died in a tropical lagoon that today is located in Bavaria, Germany. In 1861, a single...
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The Mary Rose, built in 1511, was the flagship of King Henry VIII. She sank in 1545 while en route to confront the French...
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How Plants Do it: Light, Oxygen, Action!
Plants have been doing it with ease for millions of years, and yet science has yet to fully comprehend how: Photosynthesis. It's a fundamental...
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Arsenic: The Silent Killer
Andrea Foster uses x-rays to determine the forms of potentially toxic elements in environmentally-important matrices such as water, sediments, plants, and microorganisms. In this...
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Archimedes: Accelerator Reveals Ancient Text
Archimedes (287-212 BC), who is famous for shouting 'Eureka' (I found it) is considered one of the most brilliant thinkers of all times. The...
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SLAC associate staff scientist Thomas Joseph Lane at the Coherent X-Ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source...