WASHINGTON -- Mr. Anthony R. Fabiano, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Science and Engineering, Inc., a leader in X-ray detection technology, will testify today before the House ...

American Science and Engineering, a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today that the Company has received a $22.2 million order from the U.S. Government for 22 Z Backscatter Vans(ZBV) †...

After a report found that airport screeners were still letting investigators tote knives, guns and fake bombs onto planes, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff endorsed ...

Cover Image: A common scene at a fictional airport employing passenger screening using a backscatter X-ray machine. Artist: Erik Svedberg. Image created by ray tracing, where computational rays of ...

The UCI has revealed details of their latest techniques and strategy to detect and deter mechanical doping in cycling, with bikes now checked using a handheld backscatter x-ray device that can see ...

Backscatter X-ray machines may or may not be carcinogenic. The European Union isn’t taking any chances, but the TSA is so confident in their safety that it likely ...

The danger from radiation exposure for any given person walking through a backscatter X-ray machine at an airport is low, but there’s controversy over whether the aggregate risk to the traveling ...

On Thursday, America's Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced (link opens in PDF) that it has notified Congress of plans to make a "foreign military sale" to Iraq of multiple bomb and weapons ...

Airport X-ray machines are exempt from the state radiation control inspections they would receive if installed at a local courthouse or in a non-federal office building. The U.S. Food and Drug ...