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Landfills, chemical weapon debris possibly a good match, computer model suggests
Putting building debris contaminated by chemical weapons into municipal landfills likely would pose only a minimal risk to nearby communities and the surrounding environment, according to a study scheduled for publication in the July 1 issue of the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology. view more (2006-06-28)
Chemical warfare ravages mental health of Iranian civilians
Iranian civilians exposed to high-intensity warfare and chemical weapons are experiencing significantly higher levels of psychological distress compared to those exposed to low-intensity warfare but not chemical weapons. view more (2006-08-02)
Researcher working on destruction of chemical weapons
America's war on terror includes fighting the dark side of deadly chemical agents, and Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Frank Raushel is helping with the fight by developing an enzyme that might neutralize one such chemical agent, the organophosphates. view more (2008-09-25)
Structure of enzyme against chemical warfare agents determined
The enzyme DFPase from the squid Loligo vulgaris, is able to rapidly and efficiently detoxify chemical warfare agents such as Sarin, which was used in the Tokyo subway attacks in 1995. view more (2009-01-29)
Tiny infrared laser holds promise as weapon against terror
The difficulty of detecting the presence of explosives and chemical warfare agents (CWAs) is once again all too apparent in the news about the London bombings. view more (2005-08-08)
Biosensor sniffs out explosives
Temple University School of Medicine researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives and could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents, such as sarin gas, according to a paper in the June issue of Nature Chemical Biology. view more (2007-05-09)
MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick
Engineers at MIT are developing a tiny sensor that could be used to detect minute quantities of hazardous gases, including toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents, much more quickly than current devices. view more (2008-01-14)
`Holy wars` - a new perspective
Rhetoric used to describe military operations in Afghanistan as a 'Crusade' involve a fundamental misunderstanding of the past, new research by a University of Leicester academic concludes. US President George Bush alluded to the operations as a Crusade and Osama bin Laden characterised operations as a "New Crusade" - "the new... view more... (2002-10-29)
Science and the nation put under the microscope by Imperial College London historian
The conventional historical understandings of twentieth century Britain will be challenged in an Inaugural lecture to be given by Imperial`s new professor of history of science, technology and medicine. Science and the nation: towards new histories of twentieth century Britain will be delivered by David Edgerton PhD, Hans Rausing professor of... view more... (2002-10-15)
Dutch achievements in ‘Golden Century’ thanks to privateers
Piet Heyn’s capture of the Spanish merchant fleet in 1628 was not the only success enjoyed by Dutch privateers. Research by NWO historians at Leiden University has shown that privateering was a much more important branch of seafaring in the seventeenth century than had hitherto been supposed. In fact, the Dutch East India Company had a... view more... (2001-05-30)
Warriors do not always get the girl
Aggressive, vengeful behavior of individuals in some South American groups has been considered the means for men to obtain more wives and more children, but an international team of anthropologists working in Ecuador among the Waorani show that sometimes the macho guy does not do better. view more (2009-05-12)
Alzheimer's medication shows promise in treating nerve agent and pesticide poisoning
A medication used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease can be used to protect people against the toxic effects of nerve agents and certain insecticides. view more (2006-08-08)
New use for stem cells found in war on terrorism
For more than a decade, Steve Stice has dedicated his research using embryonic stem cells to improving the lives of people with degenerative diseases and debilitating injuries. His most recent discovery, which produces billions of neural cells from a few stem cells, could now aid in national security. view more (2007-09-26)
Nature's weapon against nerve agents
An enzyme found naturally in the blood could help protect soldiers against the effects of the deadly nerve agent sarin, reports Cath O'Driscoll in the Society of Chemical Industry's magazine Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. view more (2007-07-30)
European Microbiologists to discuss Bioterrorism at the 1 st FEMS Congress in Slovenia
Whatever the outcome of the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or elsewhere the use of biological agents as weapons of terrorist war will be an ever-present threat in the future. "Dealing with the threat from bioterrorism" is the title of one of the discussions to be held at the 1st FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists... view more... (2003-05-21)
Truly sick or simply scared?
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a way to increase the sensitivity of test strips that will enable creation of a portable biosensor that can address a major concern associated with incidents involving chemical or nerve agents - the need to quickly distinguish between individuals who have been exposed and the... view more... (2007-08-20)
New "biosensor" screens Air Force personnel and equipment for contamination - within minutes
Air Force personnel will soon know within minutes if they or their equipment are contaminated with a biological agent, thanks to a new technology developed by the Air Force and a national laboratory. view more (2005-06-17)
Milestone biodefense publication by Elsevier journal Vaccine
Last week during the 'Vaccines for Biothreats and Emerging and Neglected Diseases Symposium' in Galveston TX, USA, the Elsevier journal Vaccine released a supplement dedicated to vaccines for biodefense. view more (2009-11-20)
Using evolution, UW team creates a template for many new therapeutic agents
By guiding an enzyme down a new evolutionary pathway, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has created a new form of an enzyme capable of producing a range of potential new therapeutic agents with anticancer and antibiotic properties. view more (2007-09-10)
Could microbes solve Russia's chemical weapons conundrum?
One of nature's most versatile microorganisms - a bacterium called Pseudomonas putida - could help mop up the toxic by-products caused by the destruction of the chemical weapon mustard, write Russian researchers in Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology this month. view more (2005-03-04)
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