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 ...

Brian Kimani holding one of his innovations, a millitary robot, that has the ability to detect land mines and Improvised Explosive Devices. PHOTO BY KAMAU NJOROGE A 25-year-old man has become the talk ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Glossary." National Research Council. 2004. Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226 ...

Palo Alto, Calif. – January 27, 2004 – The terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, triggered large-scale deployment of explosive detection systems as well as explosive trace detectors, as airports ...

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