Discover how X-rays from sticky tape are generated, offering an inexpensive method for X-ray production in a vacuum machine. Peeling a roll of ordinary sticky tape can generate 100 milliwatt pulses of ...

The inspiration behind NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch’s quest to build a highly specialized X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique comes from an unusual source: a roll of Scotch(R) tape.

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A team led by NASA's Maxim Markevitch is investigating the possibility of building bigger X-ray telescope mirrors – up to thirty times as large as today's – using a plastic tape coated with a ...

Scotch tape, that transparent, sticky hero of offices everywhere, could be a NASA superstar as well. The rolled-up adhesive tape is the inspiration behind a novel idea for a completely new kind of ...

Adhesive tape is turning out to be an unexpected scientific tool. It is already used to make graphene — a layer of carbon one atom thick that has remarkable electronic properties — by peeling the ...

(Nanowerk News) The inspiration behind NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch's quest to build a highly specialized X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique comes from an unusual source: a roll of ...

Scotch tape, that transparent, sticky hero of offices everywhere, could be a NASA superstar as well. The rolled-up adhesive tape is the inspiration behind a novel idea for a completely new kind of ...

The inspiration behind a NASA scientist's quest to build a highly specialized X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique comes from an unusual source: a roll of Scotch® tape. The inspiration ...