Super X-rays could unravel Dead Sea Scrolls

Hidden secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be unlocked by British scientists using super-powerful X-rays.

Hidden secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be unlocked by British scientists using super-powerful X-rays.

The Diamond Light Source (DLS) in Didcot, England, is a machine the size of five football pitches that generates X-rays – a type of high energy light – 100 billion times brighter than those in a hospital.

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