Good Liquid, Bad Liquid: Researchers Successfully Test System That Detects Potentially Explosive Liquids, Gels and Lotions

Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 15:35 in Physics & Chemistry

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 detect liquids 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.