One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...

The job of ordnance disposal technicians is rapidly changing. After decades of handling prevasive ground-level threats of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq, disposal techs are ...

It looks as if the days of the venerable explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) are numbered as researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, ...

The advent of unmanned combat vehicles is generating a need for smaller weapon systems to fit their reduced dimensions. As a result, more powerful explosives are being sought to get the most ...

Too often, explosive weapons that have wide-area effects are used in populated areas, with devastating effects on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Explosive weapons use the detonation of a ...

The use of explosive weapons in populated areas causes immense civilian suffering during and after armed conflicts. The Political Declaration on the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive ...