New synchrotron technique could see hidden building blocks of life

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http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=21528.php

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Grenoble, France, has developed a novel technique that is suitable exactly for this purpose. The researchers use extremely bright X-rays from a synchrotron light source to form images of the chemical bond distribution of different carbon forms embedded deep in an opaque material; an achievement previously thought to be impossible without destroying the sample.