It will be able to map the abundance of five key elements across the entire lunar surface.

The Moon’s surface has been sampled, scanned, and photographed for decades, yet one of the most basic questions about it ...

A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map ...

Elemental analysis plays a crucial role in the pharmaceutical industry, allowing scientists to understand a material or compound’s elemental composition. It also provides key information on any ...

Simulations show a compact orbital instrument could chart lunar elements in 1 2 years, offering new insight into the Moon's evolution. Detailed modeling of the detector and a realistic satellite ...

Flow-assisted corrosion, also termed flow-accelerated corrosion or FAC, has long been a common problem for nuclear and fossil fuel power plants in which steel piping and its components are degraded ...

X-ray fluorescence imaging integrates the elemental specificity of X-ray fluorescence with spatially resolved detection, enabling quantitative mapping of metal-labelled nanoparticles within diverse ...

The copper target was operated at voltages of 11 kV, 12 kV, 13 kV, and 14 kV for the electron source, and a 50 kV configuration using a molybdenum target was used as a representative example for the ...

Rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking. Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul ...

X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning has emerged as a cornerstone technique for the continuous, high-resolution characterisation of sedimentary archives. By directing an X-ray beam onto the surface ...