http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/science/28xray.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Thursday, October 23, 2008
From a Strip of Scotch Tape, X-Rays
Researches from the University of California have shown that it is possible to produce X-Rays by simply unrolling Scotch tape. They said that a fierce flows of electrons were set free as the tape was unpeeled and its sticky adhesive snapped free of the surface. The electric current generated strong, short bursts of X-Rays. Strong enough to take an X-Ray of a finger. This phenomenon cannot be explained in molecular scale yet. Other brands of tapes produces X-Rays while unpeeling them also, but in different levels of energy. This discover was very important to the future. One of the reasons is because maybe it can help in the medicine destroying tumors with bursts of electrons. And the best thing of this process is that, there is a possibility of a nuclear fusion, because this process is maybe the same process that lights the sun.
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3 comments:
1. I liked how it was short and right to the point.
2. You did a good job of putting all the important facts from the article in not making the article too long.
3. You made the facts easy to understand .
1. You could of talked more about nuclear fusion.
2. You could of gone a little more in depth.
1. I learned that it might be possible to destroy tumors with burst of electrons.
1. I like how it was extremely interesting. You made the article very understandable. I like how you made it not that long.
2. You could have had a little more detail. You could have expanded on a few of your ideas.
3. I learned that you can make x rays with scotch tape.
1. I liked how the summary briefly summarized the article. I liked how cool the actual topic was. I liked how the summary was easy to read.
2. It would've been nice to explain how x-rays were produced in greater depth. You could have talked more in depth about the implications of this discovery.
3. I learned that I could take an x-ray of a broken thumb with scotch tape.
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