Jan 31 1996
From The Space Library
NASA announced that, in collaboration with industry leaders and university scholars, it had developed an instrument that generates the world's most intense source of commercial x-rays, more than 100 times stronger than conventional x-rays. "This new optical instrument provides something never before possible; a capability to control the direction for x-ray beams," said Walter M. Gibson, professor at State University of New York at Albany. Using capillary optics, the instrument could focus more precisely on a target in a research or medical situation. Daniel C. Carter, Director of MSFC, postulated that the new instrument would have numerous medical and commercial applications, including improvements in drug research, medical imaging, and forensic science.
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