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  Posted on: Monday, December 18, 2017
A portable, shoe-box-sized chemical detector
Homeland Security News Wire

A chemical sensor prototype will be able to detect “single-fingerprint quantities” of substances from a distance of more than 100 feet away, and its developers are working to shrink it to the size of a shoebox. It could potentially be used to identify traces of drugs and explosives, as well as speeding the analysis of certain medical samples. A portable infrared chemical sensor could be mounted on a drone or carried by users such as doctors, police, border officials and soldiers.



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HAZMAT/Chemicals:
1/22/18   Thorium reactors could dispose of large amounts of weapons-grade plutonium
1/19/18   Sen. Barrasso declares support for investigation into effects of uranium imports
1/12/18   GAO report finds CBP has failed to guarantee proper licensing of all imported radiological materials
12/18/17   A portable, shoe-box-sized chemical detector
11/14/17   Upcoming OPCW Conference of State Parties to consider new efforts to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles
11/10/17   Chemical sensor testbed being deployed at World Trade Center Transportation Hub
10/23/17   New early-warning intelligence system alerts civilians to impending chemical attacks
10/10/17   Detecting nuclear materials used in dirty bombs
9/19/17   Cleaning up subways after release of biological warfare agent such as anthrax
8/25/17   New app helps improve radiation detection at ports
8/22/17   Melbourne Christmas Day terror suspects had “mother of Satan” chemicals: Expert
7/14/17   Lab mistakenly ships radioactive material aboard commercial plane
6/15/17   Stacking countermeasures for layered defense against chemical, biological threats
6/14/17   Mask prototype developed to better protect warfighters against biological agents
6/12/17   Remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances
5/31/17   Budget proposal calls for abolishing the Chemical Safety Board
5/9/17   Nuclear storage tunnel collapses at Washington State’s Hanford site; employees evacuated
4/24/17   New DHS nuclear forensics capability will help determine origins of radioactive materials
4/18/17   Soil-based scrubber turns deadly chemicals into harmless dirt
4/11/17   Enzymes versus nerve agents: Designing antidotes for chemical weapons
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