The compounds that Andrew Hallock made at home were extremely explosive. Acetone peroxide: This explodes with a force of up to 27,000 feet per second. It is made of materials available through retail ...

Police suspect that the explosive used in last week's attacks in London was a compound known to chemists as "mother of Satan". It is simple to make and has been the explosive of choice for extremist ...

Terrorists like acetone peroxide because it’s the rare explosive that doesn’t contain nitrogen, the key ingredients bomb detectors search for. It’s also cheap, easy to make at home and so unstable ...

The bombs that mercifully fizzled in London yesterday may have been put together with common chemicals to make a concoction known to terrorists as the Mother of Satan because of its unpredictability.

Explosive materialAcetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of suicide bombers in the Middle East. Anyone with a good high-school knowledge ...

The time is now for hazmat teams to develop and/or expand their working relationship with their local bomb squad. Why? In the past year, there have been several cases in which first responders and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Acetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of ...

The homemade explosive thought to have been used in both bombing waves can deteriorate after just a few days, a weapons expert has said. The short shelf-life of acetone peroxide, which is known by ...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Sunday after Chandler police found a homemade explosive during a traffic stop, officials said. Ralph Ruegsegger, 53, was arrested along with the vehicle's driver, Levi ...

Police now believe that the London bombers used home-made explosives, contradicting speculation that they had access to high-grade military explosives. Acetone peroxide, the explosive thought to have ...

LONDON: Police suspect that the explosive used in last week’s attacks in London was a compound known to chemists as “mother of Satan”. It is simple to make and has been the explosive of choice for ...