The extraordinary power inherent in human mysticism was exemplified at dawn on a remote atoll in the western Pacific on February 28, 1954, when the USA exploded a hydrogen-fusion bomb, codename ‘Castle Bravo’ (LEFT). This thermo-nuclear device released the energy equivalent of 15 megatons of TNT and far exceeded the 5 megaton explosion they had planned. The bomb was tested because America felt ...

In this communication, a fluorescent gold cluster incorporated electrospun nanofibrous membrane and single nanofiber for selective and sensitive detection of TNT at sub-ppt level are demonstrated.

As of 1999, the only artificial systems employed by the U.S. military for the detection of buried landmines were metal detectors.1 Although these detectors can sense as little as 0.5 grams of metal, and thus maintain a high detection probability, they cannot distinguish between a firing pin or a piece of scrap metal. Furthermore, modern landmines can be constructed without metallic parts and wo...