News tagged with peroxide based explosives
New form of destructive terrorist material unlikely, chemists report (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Concerns that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of passengers’ shoes and restrictions on liquids in ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2009 |
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New nanomaterial can detect and neutralize explosives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists today described development and successful initial tests of a spray-on material that both detects and renders harmless the genre of terrorist explosives responsible for government ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Tons of released drugs taint US water
(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Super-sensitive spray-on explosive detector makes great television
US scientists have designed a new spray-on explosive detector sensitive enough to detect just a billionth of a gram of explosive. After treatment the explosive glows blue under UV light, making it perfect for use in the field ...
May 23, 2008 |
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Glowing films reveal traces of explosives
New spray-on films developed by UC San Diego chemists will be the basis of portable devices that can quickly reveal trace amounts of nitrogen-based explosives.
May 23, 2008 |
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UCSD Scientists Develop Sensor for Homemade Bombs
A team of chemists and physicists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a tiny, inexpensive sensor chip capable of detecting trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used in the most ...
Mar 18, 2008 |
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New analytical tool developed for liquid explosives detection
The thwarted 2006 London airline bomb plot not only heightened summer travel fears and created new passenger screening inconveniences, but also greatly underscored the urgent need for improved national security measures. ...
Oct 13, 2006 |
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H. peroxide sensor could aid security
A new family of molecules used to detect hydrogen peroxide and other reactive chemicals in living cells could be a useful addition to anti-terrorist arsenals, says the University of California, Berkeley, chemist who developed ...
Aug 23, 2006 |
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