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NIST Researchers Develop Shoe Sampling Device to Sense Trace Quantities of Explosives

A team of engineers led by Matthew Staymates at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed an air sampling system prototype that is capable of detecting miniscule amounts of explosives on airway passengers, paving the way to enhance travel safety without irritating the passengers.

22 Nov 2011

Implant Sciences Sells Portable Explosive Trace Detectors for Airport Security in Uzbekistan

Implant Sciences, a provider of sensors and systems for homeland security markets, has sold its portable explosive trace detectors called Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 to its new client based in Uzbekistan via PS, its regional distributor.

14 Nov 2011

Trace Detector for Detecting Explosives from Implant Sciences Used by Middle East Embassy

Implant Sciences has entered into a sales deal with the Middle East Embassy for the Quantum Sniffer QS-H150. The Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 is a portable explosives trace detection device, which the Middle East Embassy will use for detection of explosives.

3 Nov 2011

Implant Sciences Sells Two Explosive Detection Devices in Europe

A sensor and systems manufacturer catering to defense and security markets, Implant Sciences has declared that the Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 has found its way into the European market. Two new customers have purchased the units for its deployment in school and bank facilities.

31 Oct 2011

New Kind of Sensor Provides Snapshot of Mankind’s Impact on Environment

Just how dusty is that room? Researchers at the Ohio State University have uncovered 63 different particles of dust in one room. The 63 unique dust particles were discovered when chemists were testing a new kind of sensor.

9 Oct 2011

Manufacture of Sensors and Sensor-Based Systems, Measurement Specialties Buys Celesco Transducer Products

Sensor and sensor-based systems designer and manufacturer, Measurement Specialties has announced that it has bought Celesco Transducer Products, which specialises in designing and manufacturing rotary encoders and cable extension transducers.

7 Oct 2011

A Sensor System for the Metropolis

A new system of sensors distributed over the urban landscape may soon takeover running a city altogether. The system called Urban OS relies on a network of sensors placed across a metropolis to gain data and analyze it.

5 Oct 2011

University of Montana Awarded Funds for Project to Monitor Melting Ice in the Arctic Ocean

A researcher from the University of Montana has been awarded a $926,000 grant to study the effects of melting ice in the Arctic Ocean on the carbon cycle. Dr. Mike DeGrandpre is a chemistry professor who wants to use sensors to test levels of carbon dioxide and pH levels under the ice in the central Arctic Ocean.

28 Sep 2011

Implant Sciences Receives US Patent for Sample Tube Cleaning Technology in Explosive Detectors

Implant Sciences, a manufacturer and supplier of sensors and systems developed specifically for homeland security and defense markets has announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent number 7994453 for its explosives trace detection technology.

22 Sep 2011

Quantum Sniffer to Detect Narcotics and Explosives Receives DT&E Designation

Manufacturer of sensor systems for security and defense purposes, Implant Sciences has announced that the US Department of Homeland Security has provided the recently launched narcotics and explosives trace detector, the Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 with the Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) Standard.

15 Sep 2011

Chemical Sensor News

NIST Researchers Develop Shoe Sampling Device to Sense Trace Quantities of Explosives

Implant Sciences Sells Portable Explosive Trace Detectors for Airport Security in Uzbekistan

Trace Detector for Detecting Explosives from Implant Sciences Used by Middle East Embassy

Implant Sciences Sells Two Explosive Detection Devices in Europe

New Kind of Sensor Provides Snapshot of Mankind’s Impact on Environment

Manufacture of Sensors and Sensor-Based Systems, Measurement Specialties Buys Celesco Transducer Products

A Sensor System for the Metropolis

University of Montana Awarded Funds for Project to Monitor Melting Ice in the Arctic Ocean

Implant Sciences Receives US Patent for Sample Tube Cleaning Technology in Explosive Detectors

Quantum Sniffer to Detect Narcotics and Explosives Receives DT&E Designation

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