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• Experiment almost creates lightning
Scientists have triggered the electrical precursors to lightning with lasers aimed at thunderstorms for the first time, a new study reports. In a modern-day version of Benjamin Franklin's famous kite experiment, the scientists placed a mobile laser ...
• Animal detectors used to warn drivers
... system Tuesday along a stretch of U.S. 160 east of Durango in southwestern Colorado, where officials say about 70 percent of all reported collisions involve wild animals. Fencing was deemed unworkable, and wildlife detection systems that use lasers or ...
• Cranberry farms go high-tech to meet demand
They were already having difficulty finding seasonal workers to sort their cranberries when they decided to invest in three scanners that use touch pads, ultraviolet light and lasers to check the fruit for firmness, color and small dents and ...
• For women, too much body hair can hurt
While our mothers and grandmothers only had to worry about shaving their legs and their underarms, women today are lining up for hair-blasting lasers and Brazilian waxes like brides outside of Filene’s, undergoing excruciatingly painful — and ...
• On fire in the OR: Hundreds are hurt every year
About 10 percent are touched off by lasers. Whatever the source, the head and neck region is grimly suited to hosting fires, especially in a high-oxygen atmosphere, Bruley noted. “There’s the vellus, the peach fuzz on your face and head ...