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Scientists Obtain X-ray pictures Out Of Peeling Scotch Tape
efluxmedia. ^ | October 24th 2008

Posted on 10/24/2008 4:36:27 PM PDT by Goonch

Sticky tapes are always useful to have, but did you know they do more than just … stick? Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found out that they also have amazing properties, being able to generate enough X-rays to take an X-ray picture. The scientists explained in the journal Nature how they got confirmation that scotch tapes are indeed capable of producing X-rays.


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: scotchtape; xrays
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To: Daffynition
WOW! Duck Tape. I LOVE Duck Tape.


41 posted on 10/24/2008 9:34:17 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Goonch
Duct chicken too?


42 posted on 10/25/2008 6:57:16 AM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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