Human history is often told through kings, empires and machines, but a single reactive metal quietly underpins much of that ...

An engineering faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno explains how explosives engineers shape mining, medicine and more.

Scientists have developed a way to detect tiny amounts of hard-to-detect explosives more than eight feet away, reducing the need to swipe clothing, luggage or other materials. The team can identify ...

The detection of explosive substances is a critical element in ensuring global security, and canine detection continues to be one of the most effective field methods available. Equally important are ...

ISIS-inspired New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar prepared a “very rare explosive compound” in the two homemade bombs he planned to detonate on Bourbon Street, police said. Law enforcement is ...

In modern devices, such as phone screens or advanced sensors, light is often generated by pairs of organic molecules, where one molecule, known as the donor, transmits electrons, and the other, ...