synchrotron

Inside this huge machine, which is called a synchrotron, electrons are accelerated to almost the speed of light to produce a powerful X-ray beam that can probe the scroll without damaging it.

What the Linköping researchers have done is map the molecular interaction between the materials transporting the electrons and the solvent itself by using a series of advanced synchrotron X-ray and neutron techniques.

China is about to fire up a major new synchrotron that will join a handful of elite light sources around the world in providing high-intensity beams for a variety of studies.

Using an array of techniques such as chemical analysis and synchrotron microtomography, a powerful imaging technique, the scientists investigated the prehistoric menu.

“This is a very exciting time for the synchrotron community.”