News tagged with journal of synchrotron radiation
A Kinoform's Best Friend: Diamond Refractive Lenses for Nanofocusing
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was ...
A miniature synchrotron for your home lab
Jan 07, 2009 |
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In 2004 Lyncean Technologies announced the construction of the Compact Light Source (CLS), a miniature synchrotron which uses inverse Compton scattering to produce high-intensity, tunable, near-monochromatic ...
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Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan
Apr 22, 2008 |
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The world was in shock when in 2001 the Talibans destroyed two ancient colossal Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Behind those statues, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from ...
Bacterium helps formation of gold
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Australian scientists have found that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses the biomineralisation of gold by transforming toxic gold compounds to their metallic form using active cellular mechan ...
Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to ...
Radiologists find a technique to significantly reduce patient radiation dose during CT angiography
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Radiologists have discovered that prospective electrocardiogram (ECG) gating allows them to significantly reduce the patient radiation dose delivered during computed tomography (CT) angiography, a common noninvasive technique ...
X-Rays for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s ...
IGRT may improve outcomes for obese prostate cancer patients
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Moderately to severely obese prostate cancer patients may have improved treatment outcomes when treated with image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) over traditional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) because IGRT corrects ...
Under Observation -- Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made ...
New Finding Opens Path for Designing Novel Complex Oxide Nanomaterials
Oct 11, 2007 |
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A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to "look" at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially when interacting at the ...
PSA value at 2 years post-treatment can predict long-term survival in prostate cancer patients
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Prostate cancer patients who have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value of less than or equal to 1.5 at two years after external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) are less likely to have a cancer recurrence and cancer-related ...
Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests
Nov 25, 2009 |
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A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...
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