The explosive TATP uses hydrogen peroxide, among other ingredients. Above, firefighters in protective gear clear barrels of hydrogen peroxide in Hangzhou, China, in 2006. Reuters/China Daily China ...

The brutal attacks on Paris in November relied on a homemade explosive discovered over a century ago. Called triacetone triperoxide (TATP), it’s a chemical that uses hydrogen peroxide — the stuff you ...

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a chargesheet in a special court at Nampally against eight persons accused of being members of the ISIS. They have been charged with ...

A handheld device capable of detecting low levels of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) has been developed by chemists at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: ...

Police are investigating the discovery of a second "object" found in the Leschenault Estuary, near where a haul of volatile TATP chemical explosives were found on Tuesday. Here are some facts about ...

News reports in the aftermath of the attacks suggested that the terrorists used bombs made primarily of a peroxide-based explosive, triacetone triperoxide, known as TATP. (File Photo) Washington: In ...

Terrorists wanting to execute a 7/7 style attack will find it harder to carry out thanks to a new chemical detector developed by scientists. Peroxide-based explosives are popular among terrorists as ...

On July 14, an Egyptian biochemist was arrested in Cairo in connection with the July 7 bombings in London that killed at least 54 people and injured hundreds. Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, 33, who ...