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Published online 21 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040419-4
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Old records saved by particle physics
Scanner could help music archives preserve sounds of yesteryear.
Particle physicists in California are swapping bosons for basslines in a bid to breathe fresh life into the earliest sound recordings. A technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory allows researchers to create digital copies of old records without damaging the fragile discs.
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