Attempting to open very old books and records without damaging them can be difficult. But scientists in Switzerland say they have improved a method to read age-old documents without even touching them. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are using radiation, in the form of x-rays, to create images of the documents. This method is called X-ray computed *tomography* or X-Ray tomography. On a recent day, the researchers used X-ray tomography to read from a small 14th century document. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2DsgDwW&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=vL8k2LQ9UYdpAb9Rmc-nc8MP77JT4r6VON1c0KKX7C4&s=2i0eRTLMmnvZDtvF6qqR-6UMZs3JKVwLJkYGA3PmmHU&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2DsgDwW-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=vL8k2LQ9UYdpAb9Rmc-nc8MP77JT4r6VON1c0KKX7C4&s=7dX1TmLTwBy5ps-CiKC4sEW2l_duq9ZSOU7XKtXZK58&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=vL8k2LQ9UYdpAb9Rmc-nc8MP77JT4r6VON1c0KKX7C4&s=LmuWFkEaofaaww6GqODD6obREUPTS4XR2drsJD0rAbM&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]