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EU regulation may limit use of MRI technology
To protect employees in the electricity and mobile-phone industries, the EU formulated regulations limiting exposure to radiation — regulation which may have unintended consequences
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New technology to detect common but difficult to detect explosives
MIT researchers synthesized a molecule based on zinc to allow the detection not only of RDX, but of RDX vapors, which are about 1,000 times more difficult to detect than TNT vapors
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TraceGuard files for additional patents relating to its detection technology
The company’s propietary Automated Trace Extraction (ATE) uses air jetting, pressurization, and at times even vibration and heating to enhance detection
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Russia worried about terrorists with WMD
Following a 2006 agreement between Russia and the U.S., Russia is implementing a tighter control and monitoring of nuclear facilities; still, Russian authorities are worried
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Russia to install radiation detectors at all border crossings
U.S. to help Russia install radiation detection systems in all of Russia’s official international border crossings, including airports, seaports, railways, and land crossings
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DHS continues the search for liquid explosives detection
Tests begin on ICx’s PaxPoint machine, but Sellex International presses hard with its Sencion alternative
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RAE announces two new handheld chemical sensor devices
MiniRAE 3000 and ppbRAE 3000 rely on photoionization to detect the release of hydrocarbon-based chemicals
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Chinese and Americans team up on flourescent explosives detection material
Manufactured from nanofibrils, the material repeatedly recovered its ability to fluoresce after exposure to explosives
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Liquid bomb tests continue at nation's airports
ICx puts its explosives detection system to the test; Boston, Los Angeles, and others host
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Bruker enhances RAID-AFM product line with radiation detection capability
Detection of chemical, biological, and nuclear contaminzation is big business, and one of the more innovative players in the field enhances its chemical large-facility detector by adding nuclear detection capabilities
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ICx shows enhanced field-portable mass spectrometer system
As worries about the use of chemicals in warfare and terrorist acts grow, both soldiers and first responders would welciome a versatile detection system which weighs only three pounds
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Hunan Province buys zNose for environmental protection
zNose offers dual technology at its best — equally useful for homeland securty and law enforcement and for environemental protection; the company makes another score in China
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Color-changing material indicates chemical weapons exposure
Tiny polymer spheres are melted into a shimmery sheet; technology could have appplications in food safety and anti-counterfeiting efforts
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Washington University makes strides in radiation treatment
Unlike previous efforts, protein-based agents shield cells from damage before and after exposure
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UPDATE: DHS reverses decision to close NYPD radiation lab
Environmental Measurements Laboratory will stay in lower Manhattan, but long-term prognosis is grim
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The long view
Today, Everyone’s a Nuclear Spy
There was a time when tracking nuclear threats was the domain of secret agents, specialists at high-powered government intelligence agencies, and think-tank experts. Not anymore. Amy Zegart writes that today, the world of new nuclear sleuths looks like the Star Wars bar scene. What has empowered these nuclear detectives and made their work possible is the fact that in the last 15-20 years, commercial satellites have become common – and their capabilities, although not at the level of spy satellites, are not too far behind. Open-source amateur nuclear sleuthing comes with risks, but Zegart says that despite these risks, the democratization of nuclear-threat intelligence is likely to be a boon to the cause of nonproliferation.