SpectraFluidics to Develop Explosives Detection Technology for U.S. Army.
Chemical detection company to partner with U.S. military and UC Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- SpectraFluidics Inc., a company that specializes in creating chemical detection technology, recently signed a contract with the U.S. Army to develop and commercialize its advanced, field-deployable chemical detector...

Neighbor: Weapons cache owner `nervous'; Military explosives, 100 guns found.
Byline: Scott J. Croteau WORCESTER - He would peer out the windows of his Highland Street home, putter around the front yard and drive his old blue Dodge Dynasty with veteran's license plates around the neighborhood. Paul D. Mateiko was a little odd, but friendly...

Police, DA to weigh gun cache charges; Home owner well-liked by neighbors.
Byline: Bill Fortier AUBURN- While local police will huddle with the district attorney today to figure out what charges to bring against the owner of a Rochdale Street house where 85 weapons, about 800 pounds of ammunition and two boxes of suspected explosives were confiscated on Thursday,...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Excellence in Best Practices.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, honored companies for demonstrating leadership and innovation Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at the Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet held in New Orleans, LA. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) The Best Practices Awards are...

Fingerprints go high-tech: new tests can reveal signs of explosives, drugs.
Fingerprints can tell a lot more about people--what they've touched, what they've eaten, what drugs they've taken--than just their identities. A new analytic tool could make it easier to spot terrorists and diagnose diseases from telltale chemical markers. The method, described in the Aug. 8 Science, can...

Sting operation: scientists use bees and wasps to sniff out the ellicit and the dangerous.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's the ultimate way to pull off a sting: Teach a group of ordinary honeybees to ignore flowers and, instead, focus on vapors from explosives used in bombs. Then send the bees off in teams to sniff out terrorists. Or track the molecular trail of...

Smiths Detection Rolls Out Hand-Held Threat Detector.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-17 September 2008-Smiths Detection Rolls Out Hand-Held Threat Detector(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Smiths Detection, part of the technology business Smiths Group, announced the launch of the Multi-Mode Threat Detector (MMTD), a portable device that can detect a range of explosives including the materials...

IRAQ - Nov 4 - Spate Of Baghdad Bombings After A Quiet Few Weeks.
According to the police and hospital officials, fifteen people are killed and dozens wounded by bombings in Baghdad, part of an uptick in violence after a relatively quiet few weeks here. In Mashtal, a predominantly Shi'ite neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, an improvised explosive device hidden in a fishmonger's stall...

Commuters get lousy service at Batangas port.
BATANGAS PORT, Batangas City -- Commuters have complained that they are being treated the wrong way by the management of the passenger terminal building here. They said they are not comfortable and safe at the terminal. What irks the commuters is the oppressive heat in...