A team of historians, scientists and engineers has developed a portable X-ray scanner to study 4,000-year-old letters encased ...

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a prototype X-ray scanning machine that reveals not just the shape of an object but its molecular composition. With unprecedented resolution and accuracy ...

X-ray scanners are a constant presence in our daily lives, as they are used for everything from medical applications to security and law enforcement. The military uses them too, for their own purposes ...

The elemental information contained in cultural relics is essential to archaeologists. By acquiring elemental information from the surfaces of objects, archaeologists can better study and preserve ...

If you have ever wondered what goes into repairing and refurbishing an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanner, then don’t miss [Ahron Wayne]’s comprehensive project page on doing exactly that. He has ...

We’ll just go ahead and say it right up front: we love teardowns. Ripping into old gear and seeing how engineers solved problems — or didn’t — is endlessly fascinating, even for everyday devices like ...