X-ray fluorescence to decode Archimedes' ancient text</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="X-ray fluorescence to decode Archimedes' ancient text"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="X-ray,fluorescence,to,decode,Archimedes,ancient,text"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">07-08-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>X-ray fluorescence to decode Archimedes' ancient text</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_DAIXjC4abndjdfFxzLT1_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">California, USA (BS): Researchers at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory are using X-ray fluorescence to decode the ancient text. The process takes advantage of iron in the ink used by the ancient scribe who copied Archimedes' work onto parchment. When the X-rays formed by the synchrotron hit the iron, traces of the iron glow so that they can be translated by a detector and projected on a computer screen. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-hs.briefs04baug04,0,3015902.story?coll=bal-health-headlines " target="blank">www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-hs.briefs04baug04,0,3015902.story?coll=bal-health-headlines </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show