Customs and Border Protection officers currently face a nearly impossible task: stopping the constant flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. via the southern border. CBP seized 43,000 pounds of the stuff last year, half of which came from just one border crossing — Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. To help them … Read more
Mercedes-Benz conducted a crash test that goes beyond merely recording what happens to a car in a collision from a few exterior and interior angles, and has recorded through the car’s sheetmetal and components with an X-ray machine. The test is the first of its kind, according to the Deutsch automaker, which was able to … Read more
Bengaluru: India will ring in the new year with a historic launch of its first X-ray space observatory — XPoSat — which will probe the brightest and most energetic phenomena in the universe using X-rays. The 469 kg spacecraft will carry two instruments (or payloads) that will observe X-rays from various cosmic sources and reveal … Read more
Doctors added that he did not require surgery. A man tore his windpipe after he tried to hold in a sneeze, which medical professionals say is the first known case of its kind. The incident took place when the man suddenly experienced hay fever while driving his car. However, instead of placing his finger beneath … Read more
X-ray polarimetry measures the polarisation of X-rays, which helps identify where radiation comes from near black holes. ISRO’s upcoming XPoSat mission will be the second satellite to have this capability. Led by Dr Santabrata Das, professor of physics at IIT-Guwahati and Dr Anuj Nandi, scientist, at ISRO’s U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, the study was published … Read more