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Tribology is a branch of physics (or materials science) you don't hear about too often, but this is a very intriguing discovery:

 

Physicists discover an unexpected source of X-rays

 

"Even the lowliest kind of sticky tape can leave physicists befuddled. Unrolling tape in a vacuum produces X-rays — enough of them to do X-ray imaging, researchers have found. No current theory can explain such intensity of X-ray emissions, the scientists write in the Oct. 23 Nature."

 

The mechanism resembles closely to that of X-ray tubes so it doesn't work without a vacuum, but it's still pretty damn amazing. MacGyver would be proud. :D

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