News tagged with liquid explosive detection
New NIST SRM supports the fight against terrorist bombings
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new standard reference material (SRM) to aid in the detection of two explosive compounds that are known to be used by terrorists. Researchers ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 30, 2012 |
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0.2 second test for explosive liquids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Good liquid, bad liquid (Video)
For airline passengers everywhere, good news. Scientists have successfully tested a liquid explosive detection system that may eventually keep dangerous substances off airplanes. This comes barely two years ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Toward a test strip for detecting TNT and other explosives in water
Scientists today described development of a new explosives detector that can sense small amounts of TNT and other common explosives in liquids instantly with a sensitivity that rivals bomb-sniffing dogs, the current gold ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 28, 2012 |
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UA engineer launches robotic planetary Lake Lander
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolfgang Fink of the University of Arizona department of electrical and computer engineering has developed an autonomous robotic lake lander that could be used to explore this planet and others.
Mar 19, 2012 |
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New study confirms low levels of fallout from Fukushima
Fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation in the United States in about 20 percent of 167 sites sampled in a nationwide study released today. ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Elements of ExoPlanets
By looking at the wavelengths of light from nearby stars, researchers have determined the abundance of certain elements for more than a hundred stars. Trace elements in such stars may influence their habitable ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2012 |
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New scanner allows liquids back into aircraft cabin baggage
Cobalt Light Systems has received European approval for its revolutionary INSIGHT100 bottle scanner, which enables aircraft passengers to carry liquid items larger than 100ml once more. Airports could ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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New NASA missions to investigate how Mars turned hostile
(PhysOrg.com) -- Maybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The Martian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Russia's attempts to save Mars probe unsuccessful (Update)
As Russia's space agency struggled Thursday to fix a probe bound for a moon of Mars that instead got stuck in Earth's orbit, some experts said the chances of saving the $170 million craft looked slim.
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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CNT paper-based wireless sensor could help detect explosive devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Dead again? Lake Erie in trouble
Tributaries of Lake Erie aren't catching fire as they did a half-century ago.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Are those liquids explosive?
A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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