Thursday, August 24, 2006

UW Invention Targets Terrorist Weapons / PhysOrg, 24 Aug 2006

http://www.physorg.com/news75561848.html
"University of Wyoming researchers have developed and patented a technology that can rapidly detect explosives such as the liquid compounds that were part of a recently-thwarted plot to detonate bombs on as many as 10 U.S.-bound airliners. "We have developed a portable, lightweight system that can detect explosives used in bombs, accelerants used in arsons, biological species used in biological weapons, if fact, it can be used to detect any compound for which an antibody can be made. "Even more important, this technology can detect specific compounds in liquids and in air and could be applied to prevent terrorist acts."