Number 6, Monday, June 15, 2009

DHS Science and Technology Directorate-sponsored researchers at Los Alamos successfully test system that detects potentially explosive liquids, gels and lotions.

Immediately after the liquid explosive bomb plot was uncovered in London in August 2006, the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) looked to to find ways to not only detectliquids in baggage and on passengers, but also to figure out what those liquids are. Now, S&T-sponsored scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a possible solution. They have successfully tested a liquid explosive detection system that may eventually have many security applications around the country. Machines ready for an operational environment r Read full entry