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...exotic bugs gain more of a foothold, USDA researchers have begun exploring new technologies. An X-ray machine that can find soft, fleshy objects like produce is now being evaluated at Miami International Airport. A stethoscope-like device that can pick up the munching sounds of insects as they feed inside fruits and grains is being tested at a USDA laboratory in ) Gainesville, Fla. Not all methods are mechanical. In New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, beagles have been trained to detect contraband flora. Jackpot, J.F.K.'s first beagle, has sniffed out oranges, papayas and two 10- lb. mangoes...
...putty-like explosives that are also readily available, give air pirates an edge that officials are finding increasingly difficult to counter. The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees domestic airport security, insists that the Glock 17, which is legally sold in the U.S., can be detected on existing airport X-ray machines. The gun's manufacturer attributes Koch's success in "smuggling" it to human error, not a system deficiency. Firearms are only one of the tools of terrorism that have become more sophisticated. Security devices at airports are intended to spot weapons that could be used by hijackers. But Brian...
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger has stressed the country's need to develop increasingly effective warheads and "modernize our tactical nuclear weapons." Testing is also necessary to develop systems like the nuclear- generated X-ray laser, which may prove critical to the President's Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. In addition, Weinberger's deputy Richard Perle points out that testing more precise warheads has allowed the U.S. to reduce its overall megatonnage by 75% in the past two decades. "That," says Perle, "makes for a far safer and more stable world." Supporters of a ban counter that it would...
...Freshman year, I broke my ankle," says a Harvard student who asked not to be named. "They took an X-ray, and they said I had no fracture. I could see the fracture in the picture, and they told me there was no fracture. So I took the X-ray to another doctor, and he put me in a cast for six weeks...
...still being evaluated, but most of the doubts about Gutenberg's role have vanished. The Davis tests established that instead of carbon-based ink, the German printer employed a slurry of copper and lead for his famous Bible. Printed characters in both of the 36-line works, the X-ray patterns showed, consisted of an almost identical mixture. The conclusion: Gutenberg printed all the works, and the 36-liners were his earlier attempts to perfect the art of printing...