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February 23, 2012
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Simple sensitive TNT detection Indian scientists have created a gel that gives a fluorescence response when exposed to particles of explosive trinitrotoluene   |
Chemistry World
November 30, 2011
James Anson |
Bomb squad plants Scientists from Puerto Rico have discovered plants that are not only resistant to high levels of TNT but can remove it completely from aqueous media in under 48 hours. |
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. |
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
July 22, 2014
Charlie Quigg |
Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2013
Charlie Quigg |
Detecting iron the smart way Central to the new technique is 8-hydroxyquinoline, a particularly stable iron chelator, which is immobilized on a polymer disk and will change color depending on the amount of iron chelated to it. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2009
Nina Notman |
Polymers feel the force A new way to make force-sensitive polymers that respond to stress by changing colour has been designed by a multidisciplinary team in the US. |
National Defense
October 2005
Grace Jean |
Nanotechnology Enabling Advances For War Fighters The science of manipulating molecules and atoms holds promise for many industries. Military scientists say nanotechnology will have the most impact upon the individual soldier. |
Chemistry World
September 14, 2012
Laura Howes |
TNT for top guns It might seem counterintuitive but one way of making decoy flares for fighter planes better and safer is to make them out of TNT, say European scientists. |
Chemistry World
July 9, 2012
Jessica Cocker |
Color changing paper sensor Paper with the ability to change color in response to different ions, solvents and UV irradiation has been developed by US scientists and could be used to develop faster and more stable chemical sensors. |
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
September 8, 2015
Simon Hadlington |
Mutant plant can mop up explosives UK researchers have identified a mutant plant that is able to thrive on soil contaminated with high concentrations of the explosive TNT. |
Chemistry World
January 24, 2014
Simon Hadlington |
New biosensor inspired by turkeys Researchers in the US have invented a sensor that changes color in response to its environment using a similar mechanism to that which operates in many animals. |
Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out |
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. |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2012
Tegan Thomas |
Hair and polymers click In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2011
Emma Eley |
Intelligent packaging to detect spoiled food A sensor that changes color in the presence of oxygen could be useful in the food packaging industry, according to its UK inventors. |
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. |
Technology Research News
May 19, 2004 |
Electricity Turns Plastic Green Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have made a conducting polymer that changes to a very clean green color in the presence of electricity. |
Chemistry World
June 15, 2010
Manisha Lalloo |
Colour change test for brain chemicals Chemists in China have devised a system which uses gold nanoparticles to detect glucose in the brain, based on a simple colour change test. |
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
February 2011
Eric Beidel |
Army Develops Stable Substitute for TNT The Army has developed a new explosive mixture that officials say will save lives. |
Chemistry World
August 11, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK. |
Chemistry World
July 13, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Colourful Colloids A simple mixture of iron oxide, a polymer and water can take on any color simply by applying a magnetic field. |
