Scientists Test MRI To Detect Liquids At Security Checkpoints

Los Alamos National Laboratory is adapting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a tool to detect explosives in liquids and gels at airport security checkpoints. Scientists testing functional brain imaging discovered that MRI has the ability to discriminate chemical environments, making it conducive...

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