The TSA has been rolling out a new X-ray machine that has a slightly smaller opening than before. Yes, your carry-ons will still fit.

Film photography is breathtaking, but unprocessed film is extremely sensitive to radiation. This poses a particular issue for ...

A string of recent gun smuggling cases shows how modern X-ray screening is exposing hidden firearms, parts, and magazines ...

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a prototype X-ray scanning machine that reveals not just the shape of an object but its molecular composition. With unprecedented resolution and accuracy ...

Anthony Butler (left) with his father Phil Butler, and their MARS spectral X-ray scanner. (Courtesy: University of Canterbury) The MARS scanner uses Medipix3 technology developed at CERN to produce ...

Once you’ve built your own X-ray machine to take 2D images of the insides of stuff, there’s really only one logical next step: building your own computed tomography (CT) scanner to get 3D ...

The European Commission has banned X-ray backscatter airport body scanners due to links to cancer cases, permitting only non-X-ray technologies, a move the U.S. TSA has not followed. There is ...

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a prototype X-ray scanning machine that reveals not just the shape of an object but its molecular composition. With unprecedented resolution and accuracy ...

Phil Butler’s wrist and wristwatch, as seen by the MARS scanner. The familiar black-and-white X-ray could soon be replaced with detailed 3D color scans that show everything from fat and bone to metal ...

The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer, or MaGIXS, mission is about to take flight. The launch window opens at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on July 30. Led by Dr. Amy ...