Science fiction and fantasy have long spurred on the imagination of engineers and scientists, and it often seems like tech development is an effort to bring our reality closer to our favorite stories.

Typically, when it comes to an adjustment, addition, or clarification involving Superman, DC Comics leads the charge. However, the Marvel-led Spider-Man / Superman crossover has just dropped a subtle ...

A team of New York University researchers has created a new way to visualize crystals by peering inside their structures, akin to having X-ray vision. Their new technique—which they aptly named ...

Since the 1960s, scientists who study X-rays, lightning and similar phenomena have observed something curious: In lab experiments replicating these occurrences, electrons accelerated between two ...

Newswise — X-ray imaging is useful for seeing inside objects without causing damage, but until now it was not practical for use underwater. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed the ...

DALLAS – Do you ever wish you had superpowers? The kind of superpowers that give you X-ray vision to see in and around anything? So do the researchers at University of Texas at Dallas, who are ...

Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas and Seoul National University developed a new imager chip inspired by Superman's legendary X-ray vision. This breakthrough technology promises to ...

ORNL researchers developed a portable underwater X-ray imaging system that can immediately produce pictures of the interior of suspicious objects or check the integrity of infrastructure. X-ray ...