Invisible Light Can Reveal Bad Paint Jobs, Perhaps Skin Cancer

Originally published: Jun 13 2014 - 10:00am, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Joel N. Shurkin, Contributor(Inside Science) -- If the paint job on your car is not applied properly, rust happens. If a cell in your skin behaves improperly, cancer can happen.An instrument developed by a father-son team in Pennsylvania can measure whether the layer of overcoat meant to protect the paint on a car was sprayed properly. The same technology can be used to analyze archaeological artifacts and perhaps detect...