Chemical/Biological Weapons

The environmental risks of pesticides need to be revisedCredit: André Kuenzelmann / UFZ Pesticides safeguard agricultural yields by controlling harmful insects, fungi, and weeds. However, they also enter neighbouring streams and damage the…

More sensitive than a dog's nose and the sensors don't get tiredCredit: (Photo courtesy of Otto Gregory.) KINGSTON, R.I. - May 14, 2021 - We are frequently reminded of how vulnerable our health and safety are to threats from nature or…

Researchers elucidate how the insect regulates the accumulation of plant toxins via special transportersCredit: Anna Schroll When horseradish flea beetles feed on their host plants, they take up not only nutrients but also mustard oil…

Credit: APS PRESS A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides, Second Edition, is a current, comprehensive, and hands-on resource focused specifically on the fungicides used for disease control on turfgrass. Author Richard Latin…

New approach could provide law enforcement additional tools to track down those who flee a crime sceneCredit: University of Central Florida/Karen Norum. Skid marks left by cars are often analyzed for their impression patterns, but they…

Inflammation-induced mechanism might be linked with higher infection risk for veterans and people with metabolic disordersCredit: Saurabh Chatterjee, PhD, University of South Carolina A new study performed in human lung airway cells is…

Recommendations cite lack of regulation and unknown long-term health effects of tear gas deployment MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL (04/26/2021) -- A new study by five doctoral students in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School…

Unconventional takes on pandemics and nuclear defense could protect humanity from catastrophic failureCredit: U.S. Navy From engineered pandemics to city-toppling cyber attacks to nuclear annihilation, life on Earth could radically…

New approach to chemical catalysis results in higher yields of propylene using less energy Northwestern engineering researchers have demonstrated a new approach to chemical catalysis that results in high propylene yields using less energy.…

Credit: Valeria Molinero/University of Utah At the heart of clouds are ice crystals. And at the heart of ice crystals, often, are aerosol particles - dust in the atmosphere onto which ice can form more easily than in the open air.…

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Using thin films -- no more than a few pieces of notebook paper thick -- of a common explosive chemical, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories studied how small-scale…

Researchers are harnessing next-generation photovoltaics materials to create a fast, accurate testing mechanism for harmful compoundsCredit: Shutterstock In a colourful solution to a dangerous problem, Australian scientists are…

Researchers seek deeper understanding when the stakes are so highCredit: Composite image by Timothy Holland | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory We've all met people so smart and informed that we don't understand what they're…

Credit: Adapted from ACS Materials Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00516 Exposure to some odorless, colorless and tasteless gases, such as nerve agents, can be toxic or even lethal. And having the ability to detect…

Credit: Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock / Xavier MARCHANT Humans, wildlife, and the environment are all interconnected and play a role in one another's health and well-being. Sentinel species, such as birds, are good indicators of…

Credit: Centre for Existential Risk, Cambridge University During the summer of 2019, a global team of experts put their heads together to define the key questions facing the UK government when it comes to biological security.…

Ultra-trace radiation detection technique sets new global standard for measuring the nearly immeasurableCredit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) RICHLAND, Wash.?Unless radon gas is discovered in…

Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicalsCredit: Huaxiu Chen, University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo researchers are reporting…

Related to new research published in the January issue of Science Translational Medicine, Patrick McNutt, PhD, of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, was part of the research team that demonstrated a new "Trojan horse"…

Swedish Government's assigned todayCredit: Mikael Wallerstedt Today, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting up a new national knowledge centre for research on nuclear disarmament. With an…