Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Boosting the sensitivity of airport security screening

Published: June 22, 2024, 6:02 p.m.

Today\u2019s solution is a simple way to improve the sensitivity of the test often used to detect traces of explosives on the hands, carry-ons and other possessions of passengers at airport security screening stations. A group of scientists reported their innovation in ACS\u2019 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.