Environment
Mar 15, 2024
Why unexploded ordnances pose physical, and environmental, risks
Two unexploded ordnance were fished out of the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts, this week.
Search results for insensitive munitions compounds
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 28, 2024
Hot stuff: A new thermal pathway for a high explosive
TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) is an important explosive compound because of its extensive use in munitions and worldwide weapons systems. Despite its importance, researchers have been trying to understand its ...
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2022
Blow flies can be used to detect use of chemical weapons, other pollutants
Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI have found that blow flies can be used as chemical sensors, with a particular focus on the detection of chemical warfare agents.
Bio & Medicine
May 5, 2020
Tiny technology cleans dirty water
An activated carbon filter—found in many household filtration systems—can purify your drinking water, but it's no match for wastewater that contains military-grade explosives. To clean wastewater from munitions processing ...
Environment
May 11, 2012
Hunting for bomb-eating bugs
University of Arizona researchers are studying the environmental effects of insensitive munitions compounds, or IMCs, which are new, more stable explosives that won't detonate in response to heat or shock.
Jul 3, 2006
Making a safer bang for the buck
Four ground-breaking families of environmentally friendly primary explosives under development at Los Alamos National Laboratory are featured this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
