Scientists at Los Almost National Laboratory (LANL) have adapted Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology used in medical imaging devices to create MagViz, a machine that can distinguish potential-threat liquids from harmless ones. MagViz, which was created with $5 million in ongoing funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate, was tested for two weeks last month in an unused wing at Albuquerque International Sunport, N.M. Liquids used in the test were ones that had to be divested by…
LANL Tests MRI Technology at Airport for Liquid Analysis
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