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National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Building Miniature `Noses' to Sniff Explosives To sense malicious chemicals and substances, such as explosives, scientists are searching for the holy grail in chemical sensing -- a mechanical device that is as good as or better than a dog's nose and can run nonstop to provide continuous monitoring of an environment.   |
Chemistry World
April 8, 2014
Powell & Lancaster |
Strength in numbers Analytical science in all its forms makes an enormous contribution to the bottom line and we need a body of analytical chemists capable of both developing new measurement techniques and of applying those that already exist in new ways. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Mass spec backpack for chemical analysis on the go The latest gadget to come out of the labs of Purdue University in the US may look like the fictional 'proton pack' from Ghostbusters, but it's actually a portable mass spectrometer that can be carried around on the user's back. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2014
Ruth Knowles |
'Smell of death' reveals cadaver's secrets Research into the chemical odors released by decomposing bodies is providing forensic scientists with a powerful tool to determine how long a person has been dead |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2013
Neil Withers |
Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometers -- and back My emphasis in the Pittcon plenary lecture is that the discovery of C 60 started off from an interest in massive clouds of gas in interstellar space. You go from these huge objects into the nanoscale world and back again out into space. |
Chemistry World
March 2010 |
Beyond terra firma The need to carry out analysis in situ has led many research groups to go to great lengths to develop miniature, portable analytical instruments. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
SAIC to develop sensor based on canine sense of smell for chemical detection The quick and accurate detection and identification of chemicals and chemical combinations, such as explosives and chemical and biological weapons, is critical in military and aerospace environments. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2013 |
Spectrometry for the masses A mass spectrometer ionizes chemical compounds to generate charged molecules or molecular fragments and allows the measurement of the molecular mass of a sample. Mass spectrometry continues to move forward, shaping new scientific fields in the process. |
Industrial Physicist
Edward J. Staples |
Technology Safeguarding ports with a new chemical-profiling system that samples the vapours inside cargo containers. |
Chemistry World
June 5, 2007
James Mitchell-Crow |
Possible Pollutants Assessed in Minutes With Reach, the EU chemicals legislation, now in force, a computer system that predicts how chemicals biodegrade - or not - could help EU regulators spot persistent polluters. |
National Defense
January 2006
Grace Jean |
Laser-Based Sensor Will Sniff Out Chemicals on the Move U.S. Army scientists are working on a next-generation, laser-based chemical detector capable of operating in reconnaissance vehicles while traveling at high speeds. |
Chemistry World
December 2007
Alasdair Maclean |
Comment: Before the Taps Run Dry Population growth, climate change and pollution are placing huge pressures on the global supply of clean water. Chemists can help. |
Chemistry World
November 28, 2013 |
What is chemistry? This book is designed to tell the average person all about chemistry, and in a way they can understand. |
Chemistry World
October 9, 2013 |
Solvay expands surfactants business with Chemlogics buyout Speciality chemicals group Solvay has agreed to buy Chemlogics -- a US firm specializing in chemicals for oil and gas exploration -- for $1.3 billion ( 840 million) in cash. |
Chemistry World
November 8, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Industrial Chemicals Accused of Causing `Silent Pandemic' Industrial chemicals may have caused a `silent pandemic' by damaging the developing brains of millions of children worldwide. But leading toxicologists say that this conclusion is alarmist and a gross over-statement, although the issue itself is of serious concern. |
Chemistry World
July 22, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Silicone bracelet set to pick-up on chemical exposure The researchers behind the company, including co-founders Steven O'Connell and Kim Anderson, have initiated a Kickstarter online fundraising campaign to develop the wristband, which can currently measure more than 1400 chemicals. |
Chemistry World
October 2006 |
New on the Market New X-Ray Source... Spectrometer with High Image Quality... No More Oil Baths... Cool Chemistry... Measuring CO2 in Fizzy Drinks... New Oven for Faster GC... |
Chemistry World
February 26, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
Dangerous delivery problems dog chemical transport in China A lethal accident caused by the leak of a laboratory reagent being delivered by untrained couriers in an inappropriate vehicle has once again highlighted the difficulty of transporting small quantities of chemicals in China. |
Chemistry World
May 2010
Emma Davies |
One extreme to another It takes a mix of ingenuity and engineering expertise to develop mass spectrometers for use in extreme environments. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2015
Aurora Walshe |
Getting closer to secrets on the seabed Researchers from Spain have engineered a laser spectrometer to analyze solids underwater that they hope to eventually develop for deep sea research. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008 |
Implant Sciences' Explosives Detector Systems to be Used at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games To date, Implant Sciences has shipped its Quantum Sniffer BTS Benchtop explosives detection system (QS-BTS) and Quantum Sniffer H100 and H150 portable explosives detectors to Beijing. |
