UK police cast doubt on 3D-printed 'gun parts' (Update)
Police in northern England thought they'd made a major discovery, but they may have jumped the gun.
Other
Oct 25, 2013
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Page 3 - News tagged with metal detectors
Archaeologist locates the real location of the Battle of Bosworth
A new book, co-authored by Dr Foard and the historian Professor Anne Curry, describes the background to the battle and the archaeological project to find out where it was actually fought.
Archaeology
Aug 14, 2013
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After Newtown: A new use for a weapons-detecting radar?
In the weeks after the Connecticut school shooting, as the nation puzzled over how it happened and what might prevent it from happening again, Kamal Sarabandi was listening to the news. Talk turned to giving teachers guns, ...
Engineering
Mar 26, 2013
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Optical-sensing device may lead to quicker, more efficient diagnostics
A twist on thin-film technology may provide a way to optically detect and analyze multiple substances simultaneously, leading to quicker diagnostics in such industries as health care and homeland security, according to Penn ...
Engineering
Mar 12, 2013
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New haul of Anglo-Saxon gold declared 'treasure'
It's official: Some of the 90 pieces of gold and silver found in central England last year have formally been declared to be treasure.
Archaeology
Jan 4, 2013
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A new tool to enhance tasks of humanitarian demining
Researchers at the Centre for Automation and Robotics, a joint centre of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the Spanish National Research Council (UPM-CSIC), have developed a training tool to improve the use of hand-held ...
Engineering
Dec 11, 2012
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Ultrasensitive photon hunter
When it comes to imaging, every single photon counts if there is barely any available light. This is the point where the latest technologies often reach their limits. Researchers have now developed a diode that can read photons ...
Engineering
Nov 7, 2012
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English city to show off Roman gold coins find (Update)
(AP)—A large batch of 4th-century Roman gold coins found by an amateur treasure hunter will go on display in the English city near where they were discovered.
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2012
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A simple way to help cities monitor traffic more accurately
Cities count the number of cars on the road in order to plan everything from the timing of stoplights to road repairs. But the in-road metal detectors that do the counting can make errors – most often by registering ...
Engineering
Aug 7, 2012
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13-year-old New Mexico boy using metal detector finds 2-pound meteorite
As the director of the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics, Carl Agee gets tons of calls, packages and emails from people claiming to have had the rare experience of actually finding a meteorite.
Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2012
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