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CT Best at Uncovering Drug Mule Payload, Study Finds

According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the best way to detect cocaine in the body of a human drug courier, known as a mule, is through computed tomography Cocaine from South America is making its way to Europe through Africa," said Patricia Flach, M.D., a radiologist at University Hospital of Berne and Institute of Forensic Medicine of Berne in Switzerland. "From Africa, drug mules most commonly try to enter the European Union and Switzerland."

World's Fastest Camera Takes a New Look at Biosensing

A European consortium comprising NPL, ST Microelectronics, the University of Edinburgh, and TU Delft has been involved in the development and application of the Megaframe Imager -- an ultrafast camera capable of recording images at the incredible rate of one million frames.

Deepwater Horizon: Not Managing Danger, Not Learning from 'Near Misses'

The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the lack of a suitable approach for managing the inherent risks, uncertainties, and dangers associated with deepwater drilling operations and a failure to learn from previous "near misses,"

Forensic Metal Fingerprinting: Simple, Handheld Device Which Can Measure Corrosion on Machine Parts

Dr John Bond's method of identifying fingerprints on brass bullet-casings, even after they have been wiped clean, was based on the minuscule amounts of corrosion which can be caused by sweat.

First announced in 2008, this breakthrough was cited as one of the technologies 'most likely to change the world' by a panel of experts for BBC Focus magazine and was included in Time magazine's list of '50 best inventions of the year'.

British businesses face legal minefield over retirement age

The Confederation of British Industry is warning businesses will be mired in legalities over retirement issues as a result of government failures to spell out their reforms of the official retirement age.

The phasing in of abolishment of the default retirement age of 65 is due to begin in April next year, although final details of its operation have yet to be published. The CBI is warning large companies will not have enough time to prepare for the new legislation and is asking for a further year’s delay in its introduction.