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NEWS ABOUT: X-rays

X-rays stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - A team of University of North Carolina scientists are working to bring X-ray technology into the 21st century, the Economist reports. The X-ray machines commonly used today rely on vacuum-tube technology little changed from a century ago, but physicist Otto Zhou and his colleagues have used nanotechnology to create smaller,... More »

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medical research • cancer research • nanotechnology • X-rays • irradiation • medical technology

Madonna Gets a 10-Year Facelift

Italian lab restores Raphael's landmark painting with cutting edge techniques

Oct 26, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a 10-year facelift, an Italian Renaissance landmark is finally ready for its unveiling. Raphael’s Madonna of the Goldfinch underwent extensive renovations that included CAT scans and X-rays, Reuters reports. A Florentine lab removed coverings by early restorers who saved the work, which was smashed in a house collapse... More »

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art • Italy • painting • Raphael • Florence • X-rays • Renaissance

 X-Ray Unveils Hidden Van Gogh 

Portrait of peasant found behind 1887 painting

Jul 30, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - European scientists today revealed a Van Gogh portrait of a peasant's head behind one of his paintings, LiveScience reports. Using a new X-ray technique, the researchers pulled out the portrait's brown and red pigments, which Van Gogh covered with Patch of Grass, 1887. The scientists, primarily from Belgium and the... More »

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art • painting • Vincent Van Gogh • portrait • X-rays

 'Fake' Rembrandt a
 Real $40M Self-Portrait 

Auction house valued it at $3,100

Jun 19, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A self-portrait formerly considered a Rembrandt knockoff has been deemed a genuine early work of the Dutch master—and valued at $40 million. Rembrandt Laughing, executed on a small copper plate, was examined by Holland's leading Rembrandt experts. A British art collector purchased the work late last year for $4.... More »

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art • Rembrandt • Noortman Master Paintings • Rembrandt House Museum • X-rays • Rembrandt Laughing • Rembrandt Research Project

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