News@nature.com gethers our stories on security technologies.

When British authorities announced Thursday that they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up ten aircraft, the spotlight was thrown once more on airport security. The terrorists planned to smuggle liquid explosives disguised as beverages and other common products in their hand luggage, and set them off with simple detonators, which could take the form of anything from a camera to a digital music player.

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