Saturday, November 21, 2009 East Central Illinois

Scientists using carbon nanotubes to detect chemical weapons, explosives

By Greg Kline
Monday, October 9, 2006 12:08 PM CDT

Airport screening might become an easier process – for the screeners and the screenees – if things go the way University of Illinois Professor Michael Strano and colleagues plan.

Think simply walking down the hallway to your flight through a network of tiny sensors you don't see, which can sniff out even molecular-scale indications of explosives accurately, reliably and in real time as you and other passengers pass by.

News-Gazette Archive

The full story is available in our paid story archive.

View the story»  |  About the archive

Weather

  • Tonight
     Low: 35°
  • Tomorrow
     High: 55°

Fog And Mist
Advertisement

Also on this date

» More