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　⇒AFP: And now, a new use for sticky tape... X-rays

PARIS (AFP) — Scotch tape is not only see-through, it can also see through, for the product can be used to take X-rays, bemused scientists say.
　
Peeling tape from a roll of Scotch releases tiny bursts of X-rays that are powerful enough to take images of bones in fingers and hands, researchers have found.
　
The unusual discovery was made by a University of California at Los Angeles team, intrigued after hearing that Soviet scientists in the 1950s found that sticky tape, when separated at the right speed, released pulses in the X-ray part of the energy spectrum.