TSA Certifies Reveal Imaging Explosives Detection System.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-15 May 2008-TSA Certifies Reveal Imaging Explosives Detection System(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Reveal Imaging Technologies, a developer of advanced security inspection systems, announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has certified its new CT-80DR explosives detection system (EDS). Reveal stated that...

Implant Sciences Corp. Awarded DHS Contract for Handheld Explosives Sampler.
InDEFENSE-7 February 2008-Implant Sciences Corp. Awarded DHS Contract for Handheld Explosives Sampler(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Implant Sciences Corporation, a leading developer of advanced explosives detection products and technology, has announced an award of a six-month $100,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract by the Department of...

Scanner darkly: tiny venetian blinds enhance radiography.
Ordinary X-ray machines have their limits in screening luggage. For one thing, they can't always tell the difference between plastic explosives and cheese. A new imaging technique, based on how materials scatter rather than absorb X rays, could improve airport security, and may even lead to better cancer detection....

Smells like DNA.
By reshuffling the chemical letters of the genetic code, scientists have made short strands of DNA that can distinguish several different smells, such as explosives and food preservatives. The new artificial-nose technology could eventually sniff out bombs or a bad batch of chardonnay, says John Kauer, a...

THE PSI: stemming the nuclear danger: Michael Richardson discusses the role of the Proliferation Security Initiative in counter-proliferation in the Asia-Pacific region.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Proliferation Security Initiative, known by its initials as the PSI, was formed by the United States and other concerned nations, including Australia and Japan, in May 2003. Its aim is to deter, detect and if necessary intercept at sea, on land or in the...

IRAN - Apr 25 - Iran To Address Allegations That It Sought Nuclear Arms, UN Says.
Iran has agreed to answer allegations that it studied how to design nuclear weapons, the chief of the UN nuclear monitoring agency said Apr 23. The official, Muhammad ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency, called the gesture a milestone. Iran has previously denied the intelligence reports and declined...

Mass casualty triage.
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`... and the geeks (from MIT) shall inherit the Earth'.
Byline: Jim Keogh COLUMN: FILM CLIPS Off the top of my head I can recall seeing only two movies set at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and both involved geniuses. Of course they did. What other kind of human being can possibly gestate...

TSA Orders Additional Explosive Detection System from GE Security.
InDEFENSE-6 February 2008-TSA Orders Additional Explosive Detection System from GE Security(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GE Security Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revised its previous order for 80 CTX 9000 DSi units to include GE Security's...

Dynamite trading watched; As an added counter-measure by the police against illegal fishing.
Byline: RESTITUTO CAYUBIT PALO, Leyte -- The Regional Police Office (RPO) in Eastern Visayas has intensified its drive against illegal fishing, the PNP-8 director told reporters at the PNP headquarters based in Camp Ruperto Kangleon, here. Chief Supt. Abner Cabalquinto, regional police directors, said the...