Scientists Use Scotch Tape to X-ray Finger
Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles have discovered that unrolling scotch tape produces X-rays.
The New York Times reports that in the Dr. Seth Putterman and his team report that fierce flows of electrons were unleashed as the tape was unpeeled and its gooey adhesive snapped free of the surface. The electrical currents then generated short bursts of X-rays.
A significant amount of people have photocopied their butt at the office Christmas party and as cool as it would be to think we can add X-raying colleagues with a roll of sticky tape to the list of office antics, it’s not about to happen anytime soon. The scientists at UCLA conducted the scotch tape experiment inside a vacuum.
The Times reports that all of the experiments were conducted with Scotch tape, manufactured by 3M. The scientists said exactly what’s going on the molecular scale to generate high-energy photons is unknown partly because the Scotch tape adhesive is a trade secret.
The scientists tested a number of different types of tape, all with varying results. While duct tape didn’t emit any x-rays at all, the X-rays from the scotch tape allowed the team to X-ray a finger. More interestingly the scientist feel that the technology presents the possibilty of nuclear fusion.
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There are grammatical errors in this document.
1: The New York Times reports that in the Dr. Seth Putterman and his team report that fierce flows of electrons were unleashed
2: More interestingly the scientist(s) feel that the technology presents the possibilty of nuclear fusion.
In both of these, the subject does not match with the verb. The sentence in number two should be "scientists", plural, or the verb conjugation for to feel should be "feels", to match a singular subject. Didn't you people go to 3rd grade? Does no one care?
In #2, describing the noun "report" with two other nouns is an error. We cannot describe a noun with a noun. That's like saying "John house" instead of "John's house". Does anyone care about grammar?
This is Tom's Hardware, a respected source of technical knowledge. I feel ashamed that your grammar has gone to the recycle bin.
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