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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 May 2012	Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out
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
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.
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.
Chemistry World March 28, 2006 Jon Evans	Explosives go Unleaded Explosives could become safer following the synthesis of lead-free environmentally-friendly primary explosives by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World October 12, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Lasers on the Energy Ski Slope Researchers have shown that intense laser-light pulses can act as catalysts, controlling the end products of a chemical reaction without themselves being absorbed.
National Defense May 2007 Robert H. Williams	Explosive Detection Kits Provide on the Spot Results Mistral Group is offering two kits that are able to detect a wide range of explosive residues on both people and surfaces.
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.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley	Pure Silicon Laser Debuts Researchers have made a prototype laser from silicon. The laser is tunable, meaning it can lase in a range of wavelengths, or colors, and it works at room temperature.
Chemistry World August 23, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Laser Light Cast on Quantum Evolution Researchers have demonstrated for the first time why a technique called coherent control is able to break molecular bonds selectively using finely-tuned pulses of laser light.
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson	Catching Terrorists Carrying Bombs Still a Tough Problem to Solve When police in Watertown, Mass., honed in on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat stored in a backyard in April, they had several tools familiar to service members who fought in the Iraq and Afghan wars at their disposal.
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.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Saswato Das	Two-Laser Lithography Shrinks Transistors A new microscopy technique gets adapted for chipmaking
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 March 2008 Turner & Ettenberg	Shortwave Infrared Laser Detection and Tracking on the Battlefield As warfare modernizes, improved pointing and targeting while remaining covert to the enemy from far away is critical to ensuring success. New shortwave infrared (SWIR) technology is helping to meet these critical goals.
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.
PC Magazine October 11, 2006	Bits & Bites v25n19 Intel and researchers have developed a silicon chip that can produce laser beams.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment.
Technology Research News September 24, 2003	Teamed lasers make smaller spots Researchers from Boston University have tapped the properties of polarization in order to focus a laser beam more tightly in space. The method could be used to scan objects in finer detail and to make finer features in processes like rapid prototyping and photolithography.
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Photo-catalysts shine light on chemical bond making A team of scientists from Israel and Germany have manipulated bond formation in a chemical reaction using high power lasers
Technology Research News February 9, 2005	All-silicon chip laser demoed Researchers from Intel have moved a step forward in the push to meld lasers and silicon chips, which could eventually be used in portable biological and chemical sensors, to amplify communications signals, and to convert light to different wavelengths.
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Willie D. Jones	Engineers Work on Laser-Based Brain-Machine Interface for Prosthetic Arm Laser stimulation of nerves may light the way to better nervous-system feedback for prosthetics
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Monte Ross	The New Search for E.T. If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves.
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Develops Stable Substitute for TNT The Army has developed a new explosive mixture that officials say will save lives.
National Defense March 2011 Eric Beidel	Research Could Lead to Pocket-Sized Bomb Detectors That is the ultimate goal of university researchers trying to figure out a way to use sound and radio waves to detect bombs.
Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Michael Parkin	Forensic fingers A team in the US has developed a detection system that crime scene investigators can wear on their fingertips to rapidly identify suspected traces of explosives and gunshot residue.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 J R Minkel	A Tabletop UV Microscope With the recent demonstration of a high-resolution ultraviolet microscope that fits on a tabletop, semiconductor manufacturing and basic science researchers alike may soon have a far easier time getting the images they need.
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 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.
Chemistry World September 6, 2011 Maria Burke	Crystallising Safer Explosives A team from the University of Michigan, US, has used co-crystallisation to combine two explosives to produce a novel compound that is safer and less likely to explode on impact.
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.
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Water goes with a bang US researchers have found that water appears to play a key role as a catalyst in complex explosions.
Scientific American April 18, 2005 Kauffmann & van den Bosch	CT Scan for Molecules Producing 3-d images of electron orbitals.
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.
IEEE Spectrum October 2010 Sandra Upson	Laser Uranium Enrichment Makes a Comeback The controversial technology poses proliferation risks, but nuclear firms press on
AskMen.com September 10, 2002 Peter Richmond	Radar Detectors: Avoiding Speeding Tickets Unfortunately, the radar detector industry has produced few effective detectors that can actually counter police radar fast enough to give you sufficient time to react before it's too late. That's why I took the challenge to find the world's best radar detector.
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Eric Smalley	Laser made from single atom The simplest possible laser -- a single atom -- has been on the drawing board for decades. Researchers have finally achieved the extremely precise control needed to make a laser from just one atom. The first demonstration of a single-atom laser showed that it's a different animal -- it produces quantum light.
National Defense February 2010 Jean & Wright	Laser "Fizzles" IEDs, Rendering Them Harmless Boeing researchers have demonstrated that the company's laser weapon system can destroy improvised explosive devices while mounted to a combat vehicle.