Chemists mimic bombardier beetles to safeguard ATMs
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 07:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —A team of chemists in Switzerland has developed a new way to protect cash inside of ATM machines from thieves—by automatically setting off a nasty chemical reaction if the machine is molested. The group has published a paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A describing their idea and how it might work.