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Published online 31 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060327-18
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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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