I hate going to the dentist. For all the typical reasons–who likes people wielding sharp tools on their gums?–but for another one too: I’m bothered by getting X-rays. Maybe I’m unduly paranoid about ...

While we’ve seen developments that could see T-ray spectrometers featuring in a future handheld tricorder-like device, good ol’ X-rays could also get a guernsey thanks to an engineering team from the ...

The Dame pictured below is Jeri Ellsworth. In her hand is an X-ray scanner that incorporates parts of a satellite dish plus a few other bits of hardware. There’s been a load of TSA jabs that has stuck ...

A University of Missouri engineering team has invented a compact source of x-rays -- about the size of a stick of gum -- that could be used to create inexpensive and portable x-ray scanners (IEEE ...

The once unfathomable technologies of science fiction are starting to become a reality, and the latest of comes in the form of an affordable x-ray scanner no bigger ...

COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a portable X-ray source they've developed could lead to inexpensive hand-held devices for medical diagnosis and terrorism prevention. Engineers at ...

With a weight of only 17.5 kg (38.5 lbs), this is the world’s lightest full-format scanner.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lancaster County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Mayo wishes he’d had the department’s brand-new portable X-ray scanner a few months ago. Over the summer, Mayo got a tip that a specific car ...