Knowridge Science Report

Scientists develop a safer and more reliable way to manufacture high explosives

For many years, the production of plastic-bonded high explosives (PBXs) has relied on manufacturing methods that have changed ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

New pellet-making method points to safer, more predictable high-explosive manufacturing

For decades, manufacturing plastic-bonded high explosives, or PBXs, has relied on legacy processes like slurry coating. In ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques

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

Detonation Underscores Inherent Dangers of Manufacturing Explosives

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Explosives vapor detection technology: The new 'sniff test'

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 ...
Homeland Security Today

The Next Generation of Explosives Trace Detection is Here

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 ...