Hi-tech x-rays may ease air security
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A new generation of x-ray machines will screen hand luggage in Britain's largest airports in a move which could lead to the relaxation of cabin baggage restrictions on UK flights.
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A device from Argonne National Lab takes a fresh approach to generating t-rays.
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Sky Harbor International Airport became the country's first to begin testing a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons.
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NEW YORK -- City officials last month quietly activated some of the nation's newest generation of early warning sensors to detect a biological attack, turning on a limited number of filing-cabinet-size air filters in sensitive, high-volume areas of Manhattan.
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Air travelers should not expect authorities to ease restrictions on gels and liquids in carry-on luggage until sometime next year when new technology may give screeners the ability to more easily spot potential explosives in bags, according to federal security officials who are nearing the one-year...
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Air travelers should not expect authorities to ease restrictions on gels and liquids in carry-on luggage until sometime next year when new technology may give screeners the ability to more easily spot potential explosives in bags, according to federal security officials who are nearing the one-ye...
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Investor's Business Daily - A special, previously classified window film that keeps hackers out is available to the public, manufacturer CPFilms said. The 2-millimeter-thick clear film blocks Wi-Fi and cellular signals. It reduces Wi-Fi signal leakage through windows, the company said. The film is in use in more than 200 U.S. government buildings. Some government officials use the film at their homes, the company said. The LLumar Signal Defense Security Film uses a combination of metal and metal-oxide layers.
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Dentists may be able to help screen women for osteoporosis by looking at X-rays that they are taking anyway, Japanese researchers said on Tuesday.
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Logan International Airport yesterday became one of six big US airports testing a new hand-held liquid-explosives detection scanning system.
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U.S. officials have been wrestling with how to get airport screeners to think more creatively about detecting possible terrorism threats.
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A new breast scan using a souped-up  kind of X-ray called a CT scan may be more accurate than a  standard mammogram -- and much less uncomfortable, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.
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Sandia's motion detector could help predict if earthquakes are coming or if airplane parts are about to rip loose.
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Advanced X-ray technology has helped scientists spot a new target that drug designers might use to attack the dreaded bird flu virus.
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Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
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An airport security company is offering $500,000 to anyone who can figure out how to speed up security lines. Can you build a better screening system?
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Medical scans expose people to similar levels of radiation as atomic bombs used in Hiroshima, say experts.
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PHOENIX -- Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons.