Explosives
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ScienceWhen people make improvised explosive devices, many of the waste products end up simply going down the drain. With that in mind, the European Union-funded EMPHASIS consortium is now developing technology to track those chemicals within the waste stream, so that their point of origin can be located.
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ScienceA new glowing polymer can be used to detect even trace amounts of explosives.
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ScienceKevin Fleming, an optical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has developed a fertilizer alternative to ammonium nitrate that isn’t detonable so can’t be used in a bomb.
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The Triggerfish Bronze A2 wristwatch from Kaventsmann Uhren is tough enough to survive pressures up to 300 bar ... and even a bomb explosion.
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ScienceA team of UCSB researchers have mimicked the anatomy of a dog's nose to build a highly effective scent detector that could be used to sniff out explosives and narcotics.
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Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have developed a new sensor that uses high-temperature planar gradiometers to seek out explosives in the sea.
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ScienceA consumer laser pointer has been used to create a small, inexpensive Raman spectrometer.
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A prototype explosives-detecting boarding gate promises not to interrupt the flow of passengers boarding a plane.
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A new high power explosive has been made that is superior to the best military explosives.
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The Semi Autonomous Pipe Bomb End-cap Remover (SAPBER) is a device that disables pipe bombs, while leaving their components intact for forensic analysis.
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ScienceEngineers at the University of Connecticut (UConn) have developed a fluorescent nanofibrous film capable of detecting ultra-trace levels of explosive vapors from landmines and other buried explosive devices.
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DARPA is extending the testing of its Blast Gauge that measures the abrupt pressure and acceleration changes a soldier is exposed to in the event of a exposure to a blast, which can result in traumatic brain injury.
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