X-rays

Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?

2013-05-10 00:00:00

It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...

Limo that went up in flames carried too many passengers, CHP says

2013-05-06 11:45:00

The limousine that became engulfed in flames on the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge was authorized to transport eight passengers but was carrying nine, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. The 1999 Lincoln Town Car is regulated by the state Public...

Heat imaging technology a critical tool in Boston manhunt

2013-04-20 17:52:00

Talk about heat from law enforcement. As thousands of police officers closed in on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday evening, airborne authorities relied on thermal imaging technology to confirm the fugitive's position in a...

Why are prices for medical care such a mystery?

2013-04-18 16:47:00

Ted Kamp wanted to make sure his daughter received the medical treatment she needed. That was his first priority. His second was making sure his insurance would cover things and that he'd pay a fair price for any procedures. The fact that this...

Angels' Jered Weaver can't hold off Rangers

2013-04-07 22:33:00

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Angels' Erick Aybar could be bound for disabled list

2013-04-10 21:23:00

Erick Aybar appears headed to the disabled list because of a bruised left heel the shortstop said "hurt a lot more" Wednesday than it did Tuesday night, when his heel hit the front of the bag as he lunged to beat out an infield single. "Today, it's more...

X-rays show galactic black hole spinning near speed of light

2013-02-27 18:22:00

Black holes may have given up some secrets of their growth thanks to the sleuthing of two X-ray space telescopes. The findings have solved a long-standing mystery about a supermassive black hole’s spin, finding that some of them can whirl very close...

Jennifer Lawrence: Naked on the bottom, uneven on top

2013-02-01 10:23:00

Jennifer Lawrence is doing the late night rounds hitting both "Piers Morgan Tonight" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to address her SAG Awards wardrobe malfunction and just about anything but "Silver Linings Playbook." "Your producer made me do two shots of...

‘Young’ black hole is nearby, NASA says; doorway to a new universe?

2013-02-13 14:32:15

James Webb Space Telescope squeezing budget, NASA official says

2013-01-08 18:05:00

Astronomers may have to brace for a much humbler astrophysics mission following the planned launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, a NASA official told a ballroom full of astronomers Tuesday. Under current budget constraints and with future...

Caron Butler in, Chris Paul likely out for Timberwolves game

2013-01-17 10:16:00

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – While Chris Paul was getting his bruised right kneecap worked on in the training room Thursday morning, Caron Butler was on the Target Center court participating in the Clippers’ shoot-around. Butler said he will play...

NuSTAR captures unprecedented images of black holes, supernova

2013-01-07 19:40:00

NASA’s NuSTAR X-ray telescope is providing fresh views of oddly bright black holes and breathtaking supernovae, scientists said Monday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach. NuSTAR mission scientists released high-energy X-ray...

A composite image of the Crab Nebula showing the X-ray (blue), and optical (red) images superimposed. The size of the X-ray image is smaller because the higher energy X-ray-emitting electrons radiate away their energy more quickly than the lower-energy optically emitting electrons as they move.

2013-04-08 16:31:33

The image of this supernova remnant was made by combining data taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and X-ray images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

2013-04-05 17:40:01

"35mm SLR Camera," by London artist Nick Veasey, is among the works on view at Williamsburg's Linda Matney Gallery in "X-RADIANCE: Four Artists Explore the Technology of X-Rays." Courtesy of the artist

2013-03-06 00:00:00