Scrolls preserved in Vesuvius eruption read with X-rays

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 13:50 in Physics & Chemistry

A technique called X-ray phase contrast tomography allowed scientists to read brunt scrolls from a library destroyed by the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius.

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