Particle Accelerator Used to Decipher Text
Alex Dominguez (AP) writes via ABC News:
A particle accelerator is being used to reveal the long-lost writings of the Greek mathematician Archimedes, work hidden for centuries after a Christian monk wrote over it in the Middle Ages.
Highly focused X-rays produced at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center were used last week to begin deciphering the parts of the 174-page text that have not yet been revealed. The X-rays cause iron in the hidden ink to glow.
posted by Fergie @ 5/21/2005 04:48:00 PM
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