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Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out   |
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
October 2011
Eric Beidel |
Exoskeletons, 'Smart' Parachutes Could Reduce Soldiers' Loads Soldiers are used to carrying the equivalent of another human being with them wherever they go. The vest can account for about 35 pounds of that load, but body armor is only the beginning. |
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
February 23, 2012
Laura Howes |
Simple sensitive TNT detection Indian scientists have created a gel that gives a fluorescence response when exposed to particles of explosive trinitrotoluene |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2014
Susannah May |
A real red alert for explosives Scientists in Spain have developed a new material that changes color around TNT. The chemical, which could be used to make intelligent clothing, alerts users to the presence of the explosive. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005
Ben Ames |
Nanotechnology delivers military power The Army is looking for a 21st century battlesuit, one that stops bullets, detects chemical and biological agents, monitors a wounded soldier's vital signs, administers basic first aid, and communicates with headquarters. Nanotechnology could provide the answer. |
National Defense
October 2011
Eric Beidel |
New Fabrics Promise Better Fire Protection For IED-Battered Troops Scientists at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center know that pockets can save lives and that sewing them onto the Army uniform at an angle can curb injury after an explosion by channeling flames away from the face. |
Chemistry World
March 8, 2009
Nina Notman |
Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
More Big 2005 Nanotech News A recap roundup of big news in tiny tech continues: When Fortune 500 companies weren't partnering with or acquiring promising nanotechnology startups, many of them were investing heavily in their own nanotechnology-related research and development. Investors, take note. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
Miles et al. |
Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs A laser could ionize a distant puff of air and thus safely detect the fumes from buried explosives |
Chemistry World
March 20, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Sensitive Polymers Show Drug Delivery Promise Chemists in the US have developed a three-component polymer that can respond to temperature, pH and the presence of a reducing agent. |
National Defense
June 2007
Grace Jean |
Tiny Fiber Sensors Offer Another Option for Communicating Light and thermal sensing fibers that are embedded in uniforms can both alert soldiers that they have been targeted by laser range finders and permit them to hear communications via infrared light. |
Chemistry World
June 1, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Structural order gained over conducting polymer Scientists in Canada and the US have shown how it is possible to assemble ordered arrays of short chains of a commercially important conducting polymer on a metal surface. |
Reactive Reports
September 2005
David Bradley |
Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials. |
National Defense
October 2005
Grace Jean |
Moving Nanotechnology Research Into Market Remains a Challenge U.S. investments in nanotechnology have escalated into the billions of dollars in recent years. Yet moving the resulting discoveries and materials into the market remains one of the industry's toughest challenges. |
Food Processing
September 2009
Ronald Wernette |
Nanotechnology Coming to Your Store The current number of food products using nanotechnology is relatively small. Nevertheless, hundreds of research projects are under way and tens of millions of dollars are being spent in a global race to apply nanotechnologies in food production, processing and packaging. |
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Military Ponders Future of Nanotech While nano-sciences offer an array of potentially useful technology for the Defense Department, not all military researchers have jumped on this bandwagon. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Nanotechnology What began in the early '80s as a simple topic of conversation at physicists' cocktail parties is now being realized in a sweeping movement that is going largely unnoticed. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
Neil Savage |
Electronic Cotton Circuits could be woven from conductive and semiconducting natural fibers |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Nanotech's Superman-Like Qualities From NASA's exploration of carbon nanotubes to create the cables for a space elevator to the potential of nanotech to grow computer chips in a beaker and, quite possibly, cure a variety of cancers, investors need to stay apace of developments in nanotechnology. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Jack Uldrich |
DuPont: The Truth Helps Nanotech The company's honesty provides a long-term insurance policy for developments in this promising field. Will DuPont's openness be rewarded in the marketplace? |
Chemistry World
October 11, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells. |
Chemistry World
October 6, 2010
Hayley Birch |
US roadmap for nano development Nanotechnology is one of the largest and most competitive research fields globally, with the market for nanotechnology-based products exceeding $250 billion. |
