In their recent study, Skoltech researchers came upon a new explosive chemistry without a trace of nitrogen while examining compounds known as oxocarbons, or carbon oxides. “The reason why many ...

Scientists have for the first time provided insight into how bomb residue transfers to the hands of suspects, which could ...

It’s in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early silent films and nail polish. In ...

Law enforcement leaders said bomb squad members and agents with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used chemistry to determine the chemicals' volatility, adding that ...

More information: Matthew P. Kroonblawd et al, Scale Invariance of Hot Spot Formation in TATB High Explosives, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c00312 ...

He was charged with possessing a pipe bomb and a “cricket” bomb, another improvised explosive device. In 2004, Miller was sentenced to two and a half years in county jail. On Feb. 9 ...