(Nanowerk Spotlight) Whether it's an airport screening station or in-the-field terrorism investigations, trace detection of explosives – which are chemical compounds – generally involves the ...

Using a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN; www.ornl.gov) can detect explosives at ...

"We don't really have any homework to be doing so far, so here we are waiting for the explosion." It’s like something straight out of 60s “Batman.” A University of Delaware student “accidentally” ...

Multiple buildings were evacuated and closed on the University of Delaware campus Wednesday after researchers accidentally created “a small amount of a shock-sensitive explosive chemical” in a campus ...

A prototype nanotechnology-based sensor offers the possibility for ubiquitous, networked, real-time chemical agent detection and tracking. By using easily produced super-small components, the devices ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the 60th Annual ASIS International Seminar and Exhibit, the Bruker Detection division introduces RoadRunner™, an innovative, hand-held explosives and narcotics trace ...

Law enforcement organizations require equipment for the safe and efficient characterization of residues and explosives. An example of these compounds is the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP), ...

THE correlation of the explosive sensitivity of simple metal azides with the metal's ionization potential has been related to the control of the azide's electrons by the metal and a consequent ...

In modern devices, such as phone screens or advanced sensors, light is often generated by pairs of organic molecules, where one molecule, known as the donor, transmits electrons, and the other, ...