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The Boom in Bomb Detection: Get Ready to Be Scanned, Sniffed and Zapped
URL: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-boom-in-bomb-detectio

Description:
May 2004 article that describes technological advances in the area of bomb detection when materials are carried in cars, packages, or on a person. Methods discussed include X-rays, "the quadruple resonance technology that zaps people with low-frequency radio waves," and "electronic sniffers." From Scientific American.

Author:
Vizard, Frank

Publisher:
Scientific American, Inc.

Extra Keywords
luggage baggage airline airport security

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Explosives -- Detection

LII Database Information:
Record 19069 created by Maria Brandt on 08/15/2005
Last modification on 09/04/2009
Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 08/26/2007
Published: 08/15/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19069