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Shoebox-sized scanner can spot hidden drugs

'Terahertz' detectors could one day help police to detect contraband.

British forensic scientists have developed a new scanner that could spot concealed drugs and explosives in packages or under clothes. They hope that the device, which uses 'terahertz' rays to peer through a wide range of materials, could become a fixture in mail-sorting offices, police stations or mobile forensic labs.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on March 31, 2006 04:25 PM |

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