{"id":234467,"date":"2026-04-02T06:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/hidden-features-in-x-rays-could-radically-change-how-we-measure-and-understand-them"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:29:56","slug":"hidden-features-in-x-rays-could-radically-change-how-we-measure-and-understand-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/hidden-features-in-x-rays-could-radically-change-how-we-measure-and-understand-them","title":{"rendered":"Hidden features in X-rays could radically change how we measure and understand them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/hidden-features-in-x-rays-could-radically-change-how-we-measure-and-understand-them2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hidden features uncovered in X-ray signals are set to overturn a key scientific theory and fundamentally change how X-rays are interpreted across fields of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, new research reveals. Researchers say the discovery can help scientists measure X-rays more precisely and reliably, and improve our understanding of common materials, from battery materials to biological proteins.<\/p>\n<p>X-ray science focuses on the unique energy signatures of atoms. These include the specific X-rays emitted when electrons transition into inner shells\u2014the strongest of which are known as K-alpha lines\u2014as well as distinct energy thresholds at which atoms begin to strongly absorb X-rays.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 50 years, the entire field has relied on the assumption that a core parameter in the equation used to model X-ray absorption spectra, known as the standard XAFS equation, is fixed and does not change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden features uncovered in X-ray signals are set to overturn a key scientific theory and fundamentally change how X-rays are interpreted across fields of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, new research reveals. Researchers say the discovery can help scientists measure X-rays more precisely and reliably, and improve our understanding of common materials, from battery [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,41,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-chemistry","category-information-science","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}