DHS S&T puts special focus on airport security checkpoints. (AZ-BLT/EnvatoElements photo) The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has always placed a special focus on aviation security. That’s ...

The munitions plant in Tennessee where an explosion occurred on Friday produces TNT, which is commonly used by the military and commercial industries. By John Ismay and Thomas Gibbons-Neff An ...

a For additional listings of explosives considered important in forensic investigations, see TWGFEX: The Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosions, http://www ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or travelling passengers has been demonstrated by scientists at the ...

Securesearch Inc. manufactures a series of fiber-tip marking pens, each containing microtrace amounts of different explosive particles, or one of four pseudo-drug simulants, in a volatile solvent.

New sensors developed by researchers can identify explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus and illegal drugs at the part-per-quadrillion level. We are frequently reminded of how ...