A vape pen killed a man after it exploded and pierced his skull

Tallmadge Wakeman D'Elia was killed by an e-cigarette which exploded and sent fragments into his cranium at his home in St Petersburg, Florida. The vape pen also caused a fire that burned about 80% of ...
Homeland Security Today

The Next Generation of Explosives Trace Detection is Here

DHS S&T puts special focus on airport security checkpoints. (AZ-BLT/EnvatoElements photo) The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has always placed a special focus on aviation security. That’s ...
Officer

Let us spray: low-cost explosive sensor

In Christmas Day 2009, a 23-year-old Nigerian student named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight 253 in Nigeria with more than 80 grams of the plastic explosive ...
FOX13 Memphis

Recall alert: Exploding gas tanks prompt Polaris to recall nearly 140K snowmobiles

Polaris Industries Inc. on Thursday recalled about 138,000 snowmobiles sold nationwide because the fuel tank vapors can ignite, causing the tank to burst and posing a fire hazard. Electrostatic ...