The egg in the X-ray beam (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

The egg in the X-ray beam

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When heated, the proteins in the originally transparent chicken egg white form a tightly meshed, opaque network.

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Credit: DESY, Gesine Born

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