Powerful X-rays were used to ‘see’ through the wrapping of a 1,900-year-old mummy for the first time

During the Victorian era, ‘mummy parties’ were hosted to unwrap the outer layers in order to take a glance at what mysterious lay behind the cloth, but today’s researchers are working on new methods that do not ‘destroy the integrity of the object.’ A team from Northwestern University used powerful X-rays for the first time … Read more

Thousands of artefacts from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company vessel to be scanned with X-rays

Thousands of artefacts recovered from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company sailing ship will be scanned using new X-ray equipment to reveal hidden details. The ‘Rooswijk’ — a so-called ‘retourschip’ built for long journeys — sank off of the coast of Kent in January 1740 after running aground on Goodwin Sands. Archaeologists visited the wreck … Read more

Thousands of artefacts from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company vessel to be scanned with X-rays

Thousands of artefacts recovered from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company sailing ship will be scanned using new X-ray equipment to reveal hidden details. The ‘Rooswijk’ — a so-called ‘retourschip’ built for long journeys — sank off of the coast of Kent in January 1740 after running aground on Goodwin Sands. Archaeologists visited the wreck … Read more

Madonna shares stem cell therapy treatment and X-rays on Instagram as she recovers from knee injury

Madonna shares stem cell therapy treatment and X-rays on Instagram as she recovers from knee injury By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 00:56 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 15 May 2020 Madonna took to Instagram on Thursday to share her road to recovery from a knee injury. The 61-year-old pop superstar posted … Read more

AI-powered software can detect coronavirus in chest X-rays in SECONDS and with 98 percent accuracy 

US healthcare officials are working tirelessly to deliver coronavirus test results in a timely manner, but the process includes getting tested, having the sample processed and then delivering the results. Now, a scientist has developed new technology that can produce a diagnosis in just a matter of seconds and with 98 percent accuracy.   Barath Narayanan, … Read more

Artificial Intelligence could help diagnose COVID-19 using X-RAYS

Artificial Intelligence that can diagnose COVID-19 using X-RAYS could help identify cases of coronavirus more quickly and predict outcomes for patients, computer programmers claim Developers have trained their AI model on publicly available COVID-19 X-rays To get a better picture they need more details and a wider range of X-ray images They believe their invention … Read more

Lasers, X-rays and infrared are helping to discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies

Modern technology is ‘shining a light’ on what daily life was like in ancient Egypt by using lasers, X-rays, and infrared to examine the bones of mummies.  A number of bone samples dating back between 2,000 and 4,000 years have been tested using the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Labs in California.  It works by … Read more