The new full body airport scanners received a lot of attention at the end of 2010. I travel frequently for my job so air travel is a big part of my life. I understand the need for security; I’m just not as convinced on the need for a full body scan that shows my completely exposed body.
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CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains how heart ailments can strike -- no matter how young or healthy a person is
Read More »New microscope produces dazzling 3-D movies of live cells
A new microscope invented by scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus will let researchers use an exquisitely thin sheet of light -- similar to that used in supermarket bar-code scanners -- to peer inside single living cells, revealing the three-dimensional shapes of cellular landmarks in unprecedented detail. The microscopy technique images at high speed, so researchers can create dazzling movies that make biological processes, such as cell division, come alive.
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