Spray-on Nanomaterial Can Neutralize IEDs
It sounds too good to be true – but US scientists have developed a substance that they say can be sprayed onto suspected explosives to
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Spray On This Bomb-Detecting Ink And Watch The Explosives Fizzle Out
The newest member to the explosives-detecting family doesn’t come in the form of another high-tech electronic device that will begin beeping like mad when it
Spray-on Material Detects and Disarms Explosives
A US chemist at Oklahoma State University has developed a spray-on material that detects explosives made from peroxides and renders them harmless. The material is
Sayonara Shoe Bombs? New Nanomaterial Exposes Peroxide Explosives
A breakthrough nanotech material has two properties that will appeal to forces facing IED bombers as well as airport security types: It rapidly changes color if exposed
New Nanomaterial Can Detect and Neutralize Explosives
ANAHEIM, March 31, 2011 — Scientists today described development and successful initial tests of a spray-on material that both detects and renders harmless the genre
New Nanomaterial Could Detect, Neutralize Explosives
If a group of scientists can get their project off the ground, there’s a chance U.S. air travelers may one day be able to bring
New Bomb-Detecting Ink Could Thwart Terrorists
Restrictions on the amount of liquid allowed on airplanes departing from the United States could become a thing of the past, thanks to a new
OCAST Board Approves 13 Projects
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) this week awarded $1.9 million to 13 research applicants who are required to match
OSU Team Defuses Punch of Explosives
Oklahoma State University chemistry professors and research scientists Allen Apblett, left, and Nick Materer work in an OSU lab. The two developed technology behind XploSafe’s
Former OSU Student Makes Professors Research His Business
Shoaib Shaikh’s cubicle in Oklahoma State University’s Riata Center for Entrepreneurship is tiny, but his business plans are huge. Shaikh is co-founder and chief executive
