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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 05:55 PM
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Is our scotch tape evolving!?
Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – 17 mins ago
NEW YORK – Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers.

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--http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_sc/sci_scotch_tape_surprise">Yahoo! News
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 05:56 PM
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1. Weird
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 05:58 PM
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2. I'm so glad you posted this
If I had I would have been pounced on but I wouldn't have put the link in for a few minutes ;)
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 06:00 PM
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3. Are. *ARE* our scotch tapes evolving?
Edited on Wed Oct-22-08 06:00 PM by AchtungToddler
Good question. Rarely have I seen it asked.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 06:03 PM
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4. Elitist. n/t
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 06:05 PM
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5. Same phenomenon occurs when you crunch wintergreen lifesavers.
My advice: don't chew wintergreen lifesavers in a vacuum.

http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/x-rays/
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 06:13 PM
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6. I like your link better! Thank you for posting this! n/t
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