Sentence examples for in landmine from inspiring English sources

As for the landmine-detecting mouse, D'Hulst said she would need to carry out more tests and work with the NGOs involved in landmine disposal to work out the best way to develop the technology.

The results demonstrate that appropriately designed buffer plates have potential as impulse mitigators in landmine loading situations.

One challenge in landmine detection lies in plastic or low metal mines that are difficult to detect by traditional metal detectors.

The results indicate that a lightweight, easy-to-operate, low-cost and highly-sensitive optical sensor can be readily constructed for landmine and ERW detection in the field, with potential to aid worldwide efforts in landmine mitigation.

This paper investigates the possibility of optimizing the performance of the neutron backscattering method in landmine detection by designing a suitable shield around a 252Cf neutron source to reduce the background due to soil and the neutrons emitted from the source that hit the detector directly.

Read "Pawns in Syria's Ceasefire, Three Boys Die in Landmine Explosion".

D'Hulst wanted to improve on the HeroRats concept by creating a genetically modified "supersniffer" mouse, sensitive to the specific odour of the explosives in landmines, TNT.

For the past 15 years, scientists have been training honeybees to identify over 60 different odors ranging from tuberculosis (TB) to enriched uranium, methamphetamine (crystal meth) and TNT (the main explosive in landmines).

Now there's virtually no trade in landmines.

Mr Justice Globe described the bombs built by Sardar and his co-conspirators as "professionally made" and "in effect landmines".

Ben McBean was 20 when he was badly injured in a landmine blast in Afghanistan in February 2008 and he was not expected to survive his flight home.