Most people experience X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanners when they are evaluated for a suspected tumor or blood clot. But in the lab of Dr. Quin Liu, PhD., in Wuhan China, rice plants were the patients in a novel use ...
Biotechnology
Apr 6, 2011
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For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the tropical rainforests of West Texas, which looked more like Costa Rica some 225 million years before cattle ranches and cotton fields would dot the landscape, it hunted by chasing and wrapping its tooth-filled ...
Archaeology
Jan 12, 2011
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A new high-energy, high-resolution CT scanner at the University of Southampton in UK is helping to reveal the secrets of a prehistoric sea creature.
Archaeology
Dec 24, 2010
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A female green sea turtle is being cared for at the Massey University's Wildlife Health Center in New Zealand after being found on Otaki Beach.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2010
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Even some of the most advanced technology in medicine couldn't get Clarisse to give up all of her secrets. After all, she's kept them secret for more than 50 million years.
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2010
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Researchers from Siemens are investigating the use of small, fast X-ray sources based on nanotubes.
Nanophysics
Feb 2, 2010
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A sophisticated X-ray machine co-developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists began providing its inaugural batch of high-resolution images of nuclear weapons' innards this month.
General Physics
Jan 25, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it recently completed the installation and successful startup of a new surveillance diagnostic tool that is capable ...
General Physics
Jan 20, 2010
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(AP) -- Researchers who examined an Egyptian mummy with the latest imaging technology found no evidence that a packet inside her was an offering to the gods of the ancient world.
Archaeology
Jan 17, 2010
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