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Particle Accelerator Reveals Ancient Greek Medical Text Beneath Religious Psalms on Parchment
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:02:54
Publish Date: 2018-03-15 06:13:23
Description: If you’re a history buff, you might not know much particle physics. But the two fields share more in common than you’d think. X-rays from a high-energy lab have revealed ancient Greek medical texts that had been stripped and covered with religious writing. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have long been using high-powered x-rays at their Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to analyze ancient texts.
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