Hardly a week goes by without news of cancer breakthroughs or promising new treatments. In December, for example, scientists at the Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory in Stockholm found gene-coding regions possibly linked to cancer in parts of the DNA that were long considered gibberish.
A few years ago, Ileana Hancu, a young physicist at GE Global Research, left her lab for a routine physical exam and came back with troubling news: the doctor apparently felt a lump in Hancu’s breast. What followed was an odyssey through the achievements of modern medicine, from mammography, to ultrasound and near biopsy.
What’s the future of checking up on a pipeline miles below the surface of the sea? Turns out, it might be simply calling a doctor.
Just as radiologists use X-rays to look for broken bones inside the body, engineers are exploring the use of similar technology to see if it can spot microscopic cracks and corrosion in underwater pipelines.
