Sandia portable chemical sensor system promises new way of detecting underwater explosives
..., doing underwater whatdemining dogs [canines that sniff out explosives] do today on land, only usingelectronic and chemical technology," Rodacy says. Sandia is a multiprogram DOE laboratory, operated by a subsidiary of LockheedMartin Corp. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif.,...Scientists Discover Key Cog In Receptor That Governs Ripening
...w get the help of a transition metallike copper to sniff out important but barely detectable environmental anddevelopmental cues. "It does solve the mystery of how a biological sensor can sense such a smallmolecule," said Bleecker, who three years ago led a team that discovered thegene that governs the rec...Learning From Birds And Bees: Engineers Study Insects For Ideas On Tiny "Micro Air Vehicles"
...ny payloads that willtransmit television images or sniff the air for contaminants. Recentadvances in micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and microelectronicstechnology give engineers confidence that systems that tiny could oneday be practical. At Georgia Tech, for instance, researchers have been work...