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Gold Nanoparticle Layer Rapidly Detects Trace Amounts of Hazardous Chemicals

Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of chemicals like pollutants, explosives or illegal drugs.

21 Nov 2012

Asian Nation Secret Service Organization to Use Implant Sciences’ Handheld Explosives Trace Detector

Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold one more Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 to a friendly Asian nation for use by its secret service organization which protects its heads of state. This is a follow-on order.

From L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 15 Nov 2012

Pores in Military Snakeskin Fabric Repel Biological or Chemical Agents

US scientists have developed a hi-tech military uniform material capable of driving away biological and chemical agents.

6 Nov 2012

Nigerian Company Procures Implant Sciences’ Handheld Explosives Trace Detectors

Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has sold three more Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors to a corporate customer for critical infrastructure protection in Nigeria.

From L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 3 Nov 2012

Malvern to Distribute Affinity Biosensors' Archimedes Particle Metrology System

Materials characterization company Malvern Panalytical. (Malvern Panalytical, UK) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern Panalytical offers to the biopharmaceutical sector. The distribution agreement covers all geographies outside the USA and Canada.

From Malvern Panalytical 30 Oct 2012

Near-Atomically Flat Silicon May Serve as the Base for New Biological, Chemical Sensors

Silicon is the workhorse of the electronics industry, serving as the base material for the tiny transistors that make it possible for digital clocks to tick and computers to calculate.

29 Oct 2012

Implant Sciences to Present Trace Detection Technologies at Transport Security Expo

Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it will present its Quantum Sniffer™ trace detection technologies at the Transport Security Expo in London, England on November 14 and 15. Both the handheld Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 explosives trace detector and the Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors will be presented to potential customers at booth D37.

From L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 20 Oct 2012

Global Electronics Manufacturer Buys Implant Sciences' Handheld Explosives Trace Detector

Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has sold its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 to another new customer for deployment in Africa.

From L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 15 Oct 2012

New Portable Raman Spectrometer Detects Minute Traces of Hazardous Chemicals

By using an ordinary green laser pointer, the kind commonly found in offices and college lecture halls, an Israeli research team has developed a new and highly portable Raman spectrometer that can detect extremely minute traces of hazardous chemicals in real time.

11 Oct 2012

Detroit Public Schools to Use ViewScan Weapons Detection System

View Systems, Inc., a weapons detection and access control provider, announced today the enhanced, new ViewScan VS-1000, has been successfully selected for installation in 17 Detroit Public Schools. The VS-1000, introduced at the annual ASIS Security Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia, has been chosen by multiple companies to be used for access control.

10 Oct 2012