The Particle Accelerator Experiment That Could Rewrite the History of the Printing Press - CNET

Researchers gathered pages from a Gutenberg Bible and 15th-century Confucian texts to blast them with a high-powered X-ray.

I'm a little nervous. In my right hand, I'm holding a priceless piece of human history. And that's not hyperbole. It's a weathered black binder, emblazoned with gold text on the front. In Gothic-styl… [+4416 chars]

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