Putting the past under a microscope

For a forensic analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ex-executive gets Woburn firm's high-tech help

By Dave Copeland

Globe Correspondent / December 22, 2008

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As a former biomedicine executive, Dr. Gregory Bearman seems to be an unlikely candidate to conduct a forensic analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But when the Israel Museum in Jerusalem needed someone who specializes in microscopes to analyze and catalog the scrolls for a project that will track their deterioration, it called the retired chief biomedical scientist of Jet ... (Full article: 601 words)