Poof! The Weird Case of the X-Ray That Came Out Blank
Monday, August 29, 2016 - 13:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Imagine getting a medical X-ray that comes out blank - as if your bones had vanished. That's what happened when scientists cranked up the intensity of the world's first X-ray laser, at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to get a better look at a sample they were studying: The X-rays seemed to go right through it as if it were not there.