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...National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is entering final negotiations with the local Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to develop a center for the supervision and guidance of AXAF--Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility--an orbiting x-ray telescope planned for launch...
Epidermal cells become malignant when the DNA in their nuclei is altered, causing them to divide uncontrollably and form tumors. The transformation of DNA can be caused by repeated X-ray exposure, burns, infectious disease or frequent contact with certain chemicals. But by far the most common culprit is the sun's ultraviolet light. After years of exposure to sunlight, the damage becomes visible first as small, scaly, precancerous spots called keratoses, usually on middle-aged or older people and in areas of the skin generally not protected by clothing. These spots can turn malignant, becoming translucent basal-cell nodules...
Customs inspectors can detain suspects for X-ray exams or until they pass the drugs in their feces. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that no warrant is necessary for this intimate search. Last year 110 people were arrested at Kennedy after drugs, mostly heroin, were found in their stomachs or intestines. Recovering from their injuries, the Avianca mules face felony charges for possessing cocaine...
...ranging from the humiliating bugs that delayed one space-shuttle launch after another to the Belgian stock-exchange computers that collapsed under the rush of sell orders during last October's minicrash. Computerized elevator doors have shut unexpectedly. Factory robots have started without warning, killing workers. A misprogrammed medical X-ray machine delivered fatal doses of radiation to at least three cancer patients...
...fact that some pigments that reflect light in the visible range (like cadmium red) are more or less transparent to infrared light. By looking through these layers, art historians can catch glimpses of the artist's original handiwork: rough sketches, repaintings and the occasional erasure. Other techniques, notably X-ray analysis, had been used in the past. The major advantage of using a computer with a video display screen is that the artwork can be superimposed over the infrared image, making the slightest differences easily visible...