General PNNL’s Vapor Detection Technology Named GeekWire’s Originally published on Pacific Nortwest National Laboratory PNNL’s Vapor Detection Technology Named GeekWire’s ‘Innovation of the Year’ SEATTLE, Wash. – A technology that can quickly detect explosive vapors, deadly chemicals and illicit drugs with unparalleled accuracy has been named the 2020 Innovation of the Year by GeekWire, the Seattle-based technology news company. The vapor detection […] Written by Staff Writer August 6, 2020October 11, 2021
General A look at some deadly explosions involving ammonium nitrate Originally published on Martinsville Bulletin The investigation into an explosion in the harbor of Lebanon’s port city of Beirut is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical used in fertilizers, came to be stored at the facility for six years, and why nothing was done about it. The explosion Tuesday […] Written by Staff Writer August 6, 2020September 4, 2020