Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Study: $16B - Estimated Costs of “Dirty Bomb” Attack In LA

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Downtown Los Angeles from the sky. A recent study out of USC has found that if a "dirty bomb" was dropped on downtown the economic...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Using Plants In The Fight Against Terrorism

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The Latest Weapon In The Fight Against Terrorism: How Scientists Have Developed Plants That Can Detect Bombs -- The Daily Mail They provide ...
Friday, September 17, 2010

US Assessment Of Terrorist Threats Poor, Says Panel

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From New Scientist: Only "low confidence" should be placed in most of the risk analyses of terrorist threats conducted by the US D...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Video: Boeing 747 Withstands Simulated What-If Underwear Bomber Blast

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From Popular Science: The bomb blast was meant to gauge what might have happened if the Flight 253 suicide bomber succeeded. An explosion ab...
Friday, December 4, 2009

Forensics Machine To Boost Hunt For Bomb Fragments

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Millimetre-sized fragments are examined in fume cabinets. From BBC News: The guidance for visitors informs us that we will receive a warning...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Security Measures Lead To False Sense Of Security: Scientists Dispute Use Of National Security Tools

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From Science Daily: Science Daily (Nov. 2, 2009) — Many of the security tools used by national governments lack scientific underpinning. Thi...

'Fear Detector' Being Developed That Will Be Able To Sniff Out Terrorists

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Photo: Security: Checkpoints could one day use 'fear detectors' if a research project is successful. From The Daily Mail: A device ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

'Quick Test' For Airport Liquids And Liquid Explosives

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Photo: Analysis of the results can be carried out on a small computer From The BBC: Scientists say they have developed a quick technique for...