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National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	Military Infrared Sensor That Ferrets Out Suicide Vests Offered to Local Law Enforcement A sensor used in battle zones that can detect explosives and weapons hidden under clothing at long distances is now being marketed domestically.
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	Feds Begin to Tackle the Vexing Problem of How to Defeat Homemade Bombs Congress' attention remains focused on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, but improvised explosive devices do not receive the same attention as the chemical, biological or nuclear threats.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Researchers Make Progress Spotting Suicide Vests at Standoff Distances One of the Department of Homeland Security's 12 academic centers of excellence is seeking to adapt millimeter wave technology currently used at airport screening stations to detect suicide bombers at standoff distances.
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Lab Tries to Stay One Step Ahead of Bomb Makers Patrick O'Conner gets paid to make bombs for the Transportation Security Laboratory.
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Drones Could Mitigate Terrorist Attacks Had a drone been employed to watch over the Boston Marathon in 2013, it is possible the attack could have been prevented
National Defense October 2015 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Squads Need the Best Tools Available Bomb squads -- both military and civilian -- deserve and need the very best technologies the nation can offer them.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Pentagon Still Playing Catch-Up With Bomb Makers The U.S. military's cadre of bomb disposal technicians needs lighter equipment, the ability to detect explosives at stand-off distances and their sensors consolidated into one handheld device.
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Defense, Law-Enforcement Agencies Seek Advanced Surveillance Tools Suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices and the threats of chemical or biological weapons are creating increased demand for cutting edge technologies that can detect or survey potential hazards from stand-off distances.
National Defense July 2013 Stew Magnuson	Survey Exposes Flaw in Domestic Improvised Explosive Device Reporting System A survey of bomb squads in the United States found that only a small percentage of improvised explosive device incidents are reported to a national database, said a federal official tasked with preventing terrorist bombings.
National Defense September 2009 Magnuson & Breitbach	Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves.
National Defense September 2007 Stew Magnuson	Chemical Detecting Robot Program Rolls Forward Explosive ordnance disposal robots have proven their worth in Iraq and Afghanistan by reducing their operators' exposure to improvised bombs. An Army program hopes to do the same for specialists who must enter buildings and caves to root out chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Canada Buys Bomb Detecting Robots In April, 20 iRobot 510 PackBot CBRNe systems were delivered to the Canadian Department of National Defence.
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	Terrorist Loophole: Explosives Under Clothing at Airport Checkpoints "One of the hard lessons we've learned is that there is no single technology that is going to detect everything," Clark Kent Ervin, former DHS inspector general and now director of the Aspen Institute's homeland security program, said in an interview.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	DHS Heads-up Initiative to Develop Revolutionary Homeland Security Technologies The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington is asking industry for revolutionary technologies to improve homeland security missions and operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Army Picks Goodrich for Chemical Agent Detector Soldiers could soon be using advanced optics to find bombs or detect chemical and biological agents.
National Defense March 2007 Grace Jean	U.S. Airports Still Lack Technologies to Detect Liquid Explosives Despite known terrorist threats, it could be years before airports in the United States are equipped with scanners to detect liquid explosives hidden on passengers and inside carry-on luggage.
Chemistry World June 12, 2012 Erica Mills	Lighting the way to explosive detection A mesoporous material functionalized with aggregation-induced emission luminogens serves as an efficient and recyclable fluorescent sensor to detect picric acid in water.
National Defense November 2010	Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Robotic Mules, Bad Idea... Next Wave of Suicide Bombers... Defense Budget Woes...
National Defense September 2010 Magnuson & Fugate	Canines Are Still Top Dog When it Comes to Finding Explosives Unlike some of the intrusive sensors that can reveal body parts underneath clothing, the general public generally accepts canines in public areas, those who employ the dogs in their rail systems told investigators.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Hewlett-Packard Detects a New Market Ultrasensitive chemical sensors could lead to new products. The company dropped a lot of good news on investors yesterday and the share price, up about 4%, shows it.
National Defense August 2010 Stew Magnuson	No Revival for Airport Puffer Machines Used to Detect Explosives The Transportation Security Administration has no plans to continue research into puffer machines that were designed to detect trace amounts of explosives on passengers.
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.
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean	Airports Test Alternative Technologies for Checkpoints An influx of screening systems marks a coming of age in the security industry.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Special Ops Explosive Material Test Kit Offered to First Responders A new trace explosives field-test kit used by special operators in Afghanistan is sharply reducing the amount of time it takes to determine the presence and type of bomb-making materials.
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	Improvised Bombs Have a Long History in U.S. Improvised explosive devices, or homemade bombs, have been used to sow terror in the United States for longer than you may think.
Chemistry World September 21, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Laser can detect explosive traces at a distance Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have developed a laser-based explosives detector that can spot 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene at concentrations of 1ng/cm 2, from 15cm away.
Chemistry World May 2012	Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale	Handheld instruments to transform explosives detection, environmental monitoring These battery-powered miniature instruments could one day be deployed in wireless sensor networks in airports, subway systems, and office buildings.
Industrial Physicist Edward J. Staples	Technology Safeguarding ports with a new chemical-profiling system that samples the vapours inside cargo containers.
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.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Making Skills Spread Globally The war in Iraq is accelerating the development of IED technology as terrorists and insurgents are forced to adapt their methods to defeat countermeasures.
National Defense April 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Counterterrorism Office Seeks Array of Technologies Devices to defeat improvised bombs and chemical and biological weapons are among its most acute needs.
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	With No Budget, Joint Federal Office Tackles High Explosives Problem The Joint Program Office for Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives recently marked its one-year anniversary and is beginning to tick off items on a long list of recommendations designed to thwart terrorists from employing bombs on U.S. soil.
Technology Research News May 4, 2005	Laser Sniffs Explosives Researchers have built a device that detects when molecules of the explosives TNT and DNT stick to a thin film of polymer, or plastic.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	New Technologies Target Terrorist, Suicide Bombs By studying structural failures in lab blasts and real-world attacks, researchers are honing in on new shock-absorbing materials, casualty-minimizing layouts and new methods of securing the interaction between the soil and building foundations.
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.
National Defense November 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Al-Qaida Seen Shifting Tactics to Smaller Attacks The Boston bombing quickly brought domestic jihadist terrorism back into the public eye. Counterterrorism analysts are now concerned that the United States may soon face an increase in deadly, smaller scale attacks.
AskMen.com April 15, 2013	Boston Marathon Explosions Multiple news sites are reporting that two bombs were detonated near the finish line at the Boston Marathon earlier today resulting in two dead and 64 injured.
National Defense June 2006 Robert H. Williams	Handheld Detectors Produce Fast Results Miniature chemical-biological detection devices, that in the future could be deployed in wireless networks to protect buildings, subways and airports, have been perfected by scientists.
National Defense May 2011 Eric Beidel	Portable Machine Detects Explosives In Luggage EADS North America has announced that it will work with the U.S. Navy to refine a portable device aimed at detecting explosives in unattended luggage.
National Defense April 2006 Grace Jean	Explosives at Forefront of Airport Security Measures The Transportation Security Agency's recent modification of prohibited items in carry-on luggage marks a shift from its post-9/11 focus.
National Defense March 2007 Grace Jean	Focus on Checked Baggage Screening Has Detracted From Aviation Security Aviation security analysts say an explosives screening measure has diverted funds, attention, and resources from passenger and carry-on baggage screening checkpoints to the detriment of national security.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Create Center To Thwart Domestic Bombings Falls Short A proposal to put under one roof representatives of government agencies that are involved in thwarting the use of explosives as weapons of terror in the United States has been scrapped.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
National Defense June 2011 Eric Beidel	By Changing Color, Plants Can Signal Presence of Explosives Researchers at Colorado State University are using actual plants -- green, leafy organisms -- to detect explosives and environmental pollutants.
Chemistry World February 11, 2011 Emma Shiells	Enzyme logic biosensor for security surveillance Scientists in the US have made a system that rapidly detects both explosives and nerve agents, providing a simple yes-no response.
Chemistry World August 11, 2006 Perks & Sanderson	Terror Plot Sparks Frenzied Speculation About Liquid Explosives Widespread speculation on the chemistry of liquid explosives, following news of a terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic flights from the UK, must be treated with caution, warn leading chemists.
National Defense December 2015 Allyson Versprille	FLIR Unveils Enhanced Chemical Trace Detector FLIR Systems has developed a new chemical detection system that could provide service members with greater accuracy and precision when screening for explosives and other security threats at military installations.