Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
American Chemical Society
Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Boosting the sensitivity of airport security screening
1 seconds Posted Jan 28, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
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Today’s solution is a simple way to improve the sensitivity of the test often used to detect traces of explosives on the hands, carry-ons and other possessions of passengers at airport security screening stations. A group of scientists reported their innovation in ACS’ The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.