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NEWS ABOUT: liquids

liquids stories: 4 news summaries

 Airports Crack Down on Powder 

New anti-explosive measures complement limits on liquids

Sep 18, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Air travelers have yet another thing to worry about when packing their bags: powder. Federal authorities haven’t banned or even restricted baby powder, makeup, talcum powder, and the like, but the TSA is outfitting airports around the country with new kits to test such seemingly innocuous material for explosives.... More »

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airport security • TSA • liquids • powder • Transportation Security Administration

3 Brits Guilty in '06 Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights

Planned use of liquid explosives sparked restrictions still in effect

Sep 7, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three British Muslims were convicted today of conspiracy to blow up airplanes with liquid explosives in a failed 2006 plot that led to restrictions on drinks and toiletries on flights, the Times of London reports. Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain were retried after a jury... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • England • explosives • conspiracy • air travel • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • guilty verdict • criminal trial • Tanvir Hussain • liquids

(Newser) - Sand exhibits so many unexplainable physical properties that some think granularity is a form of matter unto itself, Wired reports. Granular matter acts like a solid, a liquid, or a gas depending on the circumstance. “You walk on the beach, and the sand supports your weight,” said physicist... More »

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gas • sand • scientific study • liquids • matter • state of matter • solid • granularity • Heinrich Jaeger

Families, Line Up Here—if You Have Time

Airports to offer
security lane for kin, travel newbies

Nov 10, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Airports will allow families to line up in more leisurely security lanes for the coming holiday season, the AP reports. The checkpoints, which have proven popular in tests at 48 US airports, allow slow-moving families to stick together and less seasoned travelers to avoid scrambling for standard Transportation Security Administration... More »

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terrorism • airport security • TSA • air travel • holiday travel • liquids • security checkpoint

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