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SAN DIEGO, March 21, 2008 -- A penny-sized electronic sensor is capable of sniffing out hydrogen peroxide vapor in the parts-per-billion range from peroxide-based homemade explosives, such as those used in the 2005 bombing of the London transit system. The sensor, developed at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) could also have widespread applications in improving the health of factory workers by providing a new tool to inexpensively monitor the toxic hydrogen peroxide vapors from bleached pulp and other products to which they're exposed. (Photo: UCSD) "The detection capability of this tiny electronic...Read full article

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    Published: March 2008
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