Latest Explosive detection Stories
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [ Watch the Video Advancing Explosives Detection Capabilities: Vapor Detection ] Method focuses on direct, real-time vapor detection rather than collection of explosives particles; could change paradigm for explosives screening A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or traveling passengers has been demonstrated by scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest...
JERUSALEM, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Identa Corp. (OTC Pink: IDTA) CEO Yaacov Shoham today announced the development of Identa's new Sniffer detection method. Mr Shoham commented, "We are introducing the Sniffer, a new concept in the area of detection and identifying suspected substances. The Sniffer can be used by any law enforcement agency anywhere in the world that is involved in the detection and identifying of suspected substances. We at Identa do believe that Identa's new...
Optosecurity redefines industry cost and performance paradigms QUEBEC, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Optosecurity Inc., a leader in threat detection technology, announced today that, following extensive testing by ECAC, its EU Certified Type C LEDS OptoScreener software upgrade for single-view X-ray machines has attained Standard 2 performance on Smiths 6040i host machines. This means that thousands of machines deployed across European airports can now be upgradeable to the...
UC Davis study finds detection dogs may exhibit the 'Clever Hans' effectDrug- and explosives-sniffing dog/handler teams' performance is affected by human handlers' beliefs, possibly in response to subtle, unintentional handler cues, a study by researchers at UC Davis has found.The study, published in the January issue of the journal Animal Cognition, found that detection-dog/handler teams erroneously "alerted," or identified a scent, when there was no scent present more than 200...
Over the past decade, Christine Mahoney and a team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland have been working to stop the threat of terrorist-based attacks in the form of explosives or explosive-based devices, by providing a sound measurement and standard infrastructure."Our program encompasses many different aspects of explosives research, from development of measurement standards for trace explosives detection at airports, to the...
First Merida Initiative funding class graduates FRONT ROYAL, Va., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives today announced 10 law enforcement officers from Mexico graduated from its National Canine Training Operations Center canine handler class. Eight officials completed the 10-week canine handlers training, a basic course which teaches a new handler all the necessary skills to deploy an explosives detection canine in operational environments....
MIAMI, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Not everyone participating in this year's Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the football teams...
MIAMI, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Not everyone participating in this year's Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the...
U.S. lawmakers say the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited after a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, AFP reported.The controversial machines, which can scan beneath clothing to detect items that may be hidden from ordinary view, are considered effective and have been tested at numerous international airports. Most security experts say the scanners likely would have detected the explosives that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...
JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDenta Corp. (PINKSHEETS: IDTA) CEO Yaacov Shoham today issued the following statement concerning airplane explosives and the incident in Detroit last week. Stated Shoham, "Concerning the airplane incident last week, (Northwest Airlines Flight 253) IDenta Alert Explosive Identification kits could have easily and accurately helped to identify the suspected substance, especially since, according to the news, the explosive was PETN, one of the...
